What Does Extirpation Mean?

Medical Definition of extirpation
: complete excision or surgical destruction of a body part.

What is an example of extirpated?

A common example of extirpation is the human-caused local extinction of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from around two-thirds of their historic natural habitat range. Gray wolves used to be distributed widely across the Northern Hemisphere, throughout North America, Canada, Europe and Asia.

What does Pavid mean?

: showing fear : timid he was infinitely pavid and stingy— Antonio Barolini.

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