long extinct
Frequency: 7.516.3 per million words
Indicates that the extinction happened a long time ago.
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Examples (10)
- Dinosaurs are, of course, long extinct.
- The dodo bird has been long extinct since the 17th century.
- These ancient civilizations are long extinct and only known through archaeology.
- The saber-toothed tiger is long extinct, having disappeared thousands of years ago.
- That particular species of whale has been long extinct due to overhunting.
- Mammoths are long extinct, though scientists study their frozen remains.
- The language of that tribe is long extinct with no living speakers.
- Those customs and traditions are long extinct in modern society.
- The Tasmanian tiger has been long extinct since the 1930s.
- Giant ground sloths are long extinct megafauna from the Ice Age.