unextinct

1. (transitive) To make not extinct; especially, to return an extinct species to existence.Examples: "Removing graffiti. Unextincting the dodo bird."; "He was a resequenced neanderthal named Stiggins and soon to be, I assumed, divisional head of SO-13, the department that policed all unextincted creatures."; "The good news is that, with the exception of the giant auk which will only return if genetic cloning can find a way to 'unextinct' it, there are ways of getting our wildlife out of the intensive care unit."Synonyms: de-extincttransitive