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ENDANGERED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction
Example:
an endangered species
Classified under:
Similar:
vulnerable (susceptible to attack)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb endanger
Context examples:
After all, she was only a woman, crying her relief, now that the danger was past, in the arms of her protector or of the one who had been endangered.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
A total 2,607 rare, endemic, or threatened animal species were surveyed in Bahia, out of which 331 have been listed for protection in various threat categories—vulnerable (140); endangered (131); critically endangered (54) and regionally extinct (5).
(Over 300 animal species threatened in Bahia, Agência Brasil)
Researchers studied the resilience of four species of coastal birds, including the endangered saltmarsh sparrow.
(Coastal birds can weather the storm, but not the sea, National Science Foundation)
Across the world, people are struggling to survive in the same areas as endangered animals, and often trouble surfaces in areas we aren't anticipating.
(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)
The authors propose that this method could be used by local authorities, so fishermen who catch and commercialize endangered species are sanctioned.
(New way to save endangered sharks – and our seafood, SciDev.Net)
They are especially abundant in tiny crustaceans such as krill and copepods — favorite prey of filter-feeding bowhead and endangered North Atlantic right whales.
(Whales may owe their efficient digestion to millions of tiny microbes, National Science Foundation)
This was just such a summary view of the affair as Catherine could listen to; another sentence might have endangered her complaisance, and made her reply less rational; for soon were all her thinking powers swallowed up in the reflection of her own change of feelings and spirits since last she had trodden that well-known road.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
In a study, scientists from the University of California, Davis; USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station; and University of Washington have found a way to resolve the conflict that has sprung up between protecting forests from increasingly frequent wildfires and droughts and preserving sufficient habitat for the endangered spotted owl, Strix occidentalis.
(Researchers find preserving spotted owl habitat may not require a tradeoff with wildfire risk after all, Wikinews)
According to the researchers, Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, listed as endangered under the IUCN Red List, do feed in the open ocean, but juveniles tend to form large groups in only about 20 to 25 specific places around the coasts of Mexico, Belize, the Maldives, and Australia, which previous research has not explained.
(New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities, Wikinews)
The authors recommend that toy companies and others who use endangered species as trademarks donate some of their profits to wildlife conservation.
(Study: Popularity of Wildlife Can Harm Public's Perception, VOA)
