English Dictionary

extinctor

名詞

古風

A cause of extinction. / (dated) An extinguisher.

日本語の意味

絶滅の原因 / 消火器（古い用法）

Conservationists warned that habitat loss could become a powerful extinctor for the island's unique bird species.

保全活動家たちは、島の固有の鳥類にとって生息地喪失が強力な絶滅の原因になり得ると警告した。

意味（1）

A cause of extinction.

[…] can be extrapolated robustly to the energy scales of civilization-ending impacts and perhaps even to mass extinctors.

意味（2）

(dated) An extinguisher.

These chemical extinctors are of all sizes; they range from small bottles upward, to large double-tank machines, and drawn by horses.

extinctors （ plural ）