de-extinction

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ extinction.

Noun

de-extinction (usually uncountable, plural de-extinctions)

1. (biology, neologism) The process of returning an extinct species back into the world.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 309:

     Even this more limited ambition, however, speaks eloquently of the rapid progress being made in the area of de-extinction.

   • 2020, “Life Finds A Way”, in Jonathan Elmore, editor, Fiction and the Sixth Mass Extinction, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN:

     The concept of de-extinction is fascinating in much the same way that the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park and Jurassic World are.

Related terms

• de-extinct (verb)

See also

• Aldabra rail