endling

English

Etymology

end +‎ -ling

Noun

endling (plural endlings)

1. (rare) The last individual of its species or subspecies, which therefore becomes extinct upon its death.
   • 2002, SEJ Journal

     The last known survivor, the endling of its species, is now stuffed and mounted in a museum in the remote, dusty city of Nukus.

   • 2017, B. J. Hollars, Flock Together: A Love Affair with Extinct Birds (page 106)

     It feels as if I'm the last one left—a human endling—the world turned silent beneath my boots.

Translations

last individual

• French: dernier spécimen recensé m
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Anagrams

• eldning, lending