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noun
The last individual of its species or subspecies, which therefore becomes extinct upon its death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Synonyms: lastling
Antonyms: none provided
History
From end + -ling, suggested in a 1996 issue of the magazine Nature.
Across languages
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