extinctor

English

Etymology

extinct +‎ -or

Noun

extinctor (plural extinctors)

  1. A cause of extinction.
    • 2002, Christian Koeberl, ‎Kenneth G. MacLeod, Catastrophic Events and Mass Extinctions: Impacts and Beyond
      […] can be extrapolated robustly to the energy scales of civilization-ending impacts and perhaps even to mass extinctors.
  2. (dated) An extinguisher.
    • 1899, Frederic Morell Holmes, Firemen and their exploits, page 136:
      These chemical extinctors are of all sizes; they range from small bottles upward, to large double-tank machines, and drawn by horses.
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