endangered species

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   a species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction

   Broaderspecies

   NarrowerAustralian lungfish

Questions about endangered species

What does endangered species mean?

endangered species means "a species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction".

Is endangered species a common word?

endangered species is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.