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Definition: Endangered |
EndangeredAdjective1. (of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction; "an endangered species". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "endangered" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An endangered species is a species whose population is so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct. Many countries have laws offering special protection to these species (forbidding hunting, banning their habitats from development, etc.) to prevent this.
Many of these laws are controversial. Typical areas of controversy include: criteria for placing a species on the endangered species list, and criteria for removing a species from the list once its population has recovered; whether restrictions on land development constitute a "taking" of land by the government, and the related question of whether private landowners should be compensated for the loss of use of their land; and obtaining reasonable exceptions to protection laws.
A listing as an endangered species can backfire, as it makes a species more valuable and more desirable for colletors and poachers.
Endangered mammals:
Endangered birds:
- Chinese River Dolphin
- Elephant
- Giant pangolin
- Golden Marmoset
- Gorilla
- Steller Sea Lion
- Orangutan
- Tiger
Endangered reptiles:
- Ivory-billed Woodpecker (probably extinct)
- Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
- Mauritius Parakeet (Psittacula echo)
Endangered amphibians:
- Ripley's Turtle
Endangered flowering plants
- Palmate newt (Triturus helvetica)
- Israel painted frog (Discoglossus nigriventer)
- Italian spade-footed toad
- Desert slender salamander
About 6% of the 300,000 identified species are endangered due to overcollection or destruction of habitat, for example. Pollinator decline is also a factor for some species.
See also
- Saguaro cactus (Carnegia gigantea) of North America, due to overcollection
- Chilean wine palm (Juba chilensis), due to land clearance
- African violet (Saintpaulia ionantha), due to forest clearance
- King of the Paphs Orchid (Paphiopedilum rothschildianum) of Asia, due to overcollection
- Madonna lily (Lilium candidum) of Europe, due to overcollection
- Lobster claw (Clianthus puniceus) of Australia, due to overgrazing.
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
- International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
- Extinct birds
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Endangered species."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Danger | Adjective: in danger; Noun: endangered; Verb: fraught with danger; dangerous, hazardous, perilous, parlous, periculous; unsafe, unprotected; (safe, protect; );insecure. untrustworthy; built upon.sand, on a sandy basis; wildcat. |
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Screenplays | You're an endangered species (Dr. Dolittle 2; writing credit: Larry Levin) A dream that was endangered as never before by one man on a mission of destruction (Babylon 5: The Gathering; writing credit: J. Michael Straczynski) I should hate to see our country endangered by my underwear (Ninotchka; writing credit: Melchior Lengyel; Charles Brackett) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Endangered Species (2002) Saving the Endangered Species California Condor: Edge of Extinction (2001) Endangered Species (1997) Our Endangered World (1994) Endangered Characters (1993) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The bald eagle is one of 14 threatened and endangered species making their homes within Canaveral National Seashore. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Leatherback sea turtles nest occasionally on the beach at Canaveral National Seashore. The leatherback is an endangered species of sea turtle and is one of the largest in the world. It can grow to be over 6 feet long and weigh over 1,000 pounds. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. McIntosh County is home to a large nesting population of wood storks. Considered an endangered species, wood storks frequent both estuarine and fresh water systems. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The burrow of an endangered gopher tortoise. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Endangered sea turtle cruises a coral reef in the Florida Keys. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Endangered Cui-ui fish, Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, Washoe County, NV. Credit: Ron Nichols. |
 | An endangered species, Gambels Quail mates in southern NM. Credit: Unknown. |  | Knapweed treatment site in Lincoln County, Washington, allows State-classified endangered plant Polemonium pectinatum to return. Credit: Barbara Brenner. |
 | Silene spaldingii, a State-classified endangered plant found in Lincoln County, Washington. Credit: Barbara Brenner. |  | Ancient ruins may be removed--Sawley Abbey Archway endangered by road widening in England. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "VHS 1" by A. Carlos Herrera Commentary: "VHS Format, an endangered species." |
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| Author | Quotation |
James Madison | Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. |
Marcus T. Cicero | Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Unfortunately, many local populations of bats have been destroyed and many species are now endangered. (references) | |
Business | Japan is open to imported apparel, except for those with special leather in which trading is prohibited by the Washington Convention (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). (references) | |
A recent pollution incident in the Kao-Ping River by illegal dumping of industrial waste solvent has, in July 2000, which endangered the drinking water of millions of residents in Kaohsiung City, has created public outcry and raised the Government’s attention in addressing the industrial waste management more seriously. (references) | ||
In 1999, the cost of the degradation to the environment by water sewage, gas and solid waste was evaluated at $2 billion (8% of the country’s GDP). The country has reached a threshold where its economic growth is endangered by the damage caused to its environment and has become fully aware that sustainable development cannot be achieved at the detriment of natural resources and degradation of the environment. (references) | ||
Children | Czech Republic | The Fund for Endangered Children estimated that the total number of children suffering from physical, psychological, and sexual abuse is 20,000 to 40,000, but only about one-tenth of such cases are registered by the police. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Czech Republic | On June 15, former television reporter Tomas Smrcek was acquitted of charges that he deliberately endangered classified information in a 1999 report on possible Czech intelligence service cover-up of one of its official's drunk driving offense. (references) |
Germany | Some foreigners whose asylum applications were rejected, but who would be endangered if they were returned to their home country, such as those fleeing civil wars, receive temporary residence permits; however, they are expected to leave when conditions in their home country allow for their safe return. (references) | |
Economic History | Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. (references) |
Ukraine | It established its first nature preserve, Askanyia-Nova, in 1921 and has a program to breed endangered species. (references) | |
Azerbaijan | The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has listed as threatened all sturgeon species, including all commercial Caspian varieties. (references) | |
Human Rights | Cote d'Ivoire | He was rearrested in February 2000 and held for 33 days for allegedly having organized gatherings that endangered national security and for his alleged involvement in embezzling state funds set aside for organizing presidential and legislative elections in 1995. In September 2000, the same day that Bombet was invested as the PDCI presidential candidate, the prosecutor reopened his case for further investigation. (references) |
Minorities | China | In Urumqi, the capital, 8 persons accused of having endangered social stability were sentenced to prison terms of between 4 and 13 years. (references) |
Trade | Luxembourg | Among these limited items are endangered species, including those listed in the CITES convention. (references) |
Worker Rights | Sri Lanka | Persons under age 16 may not be employed in any public enterprise in which life or limb is endangered. (references) |
South Africa | There are no laws or regulations in other industries that permit workers to remove themselves from work situations deemed dangerous to their health or safety without risking loss of employment; however, the law protects employees from retaliation who, with "reasonable belief that the health or safety of an individual has been, is being, or is likely to be endangered," disclose dangerous workplace conditions to the appropriate authorities. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | In our rush to accomplish great deeds quickly, we trampled on sound principles of restraint and endangered the rights of individuals. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Had Saddam Hussein been appeased instead of stopped, he would have endangered the peace and stability of the world. |
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| "Endangered" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 67.88% of the time. "Endangered" is used about 467 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 67.88% | 317 | 16,212 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 16.49% | 77 | 37,929 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.14% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 6.85% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Noun (common) | 0.64% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 467 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "endangered": endangered species. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "endangered": gcse-endangered. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "endangered"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 危及 (Endanger, Endangering). (various references) | |
Danish | lokalitetsundersøgelse (Evaluation of the contamination at the site, investigation, site inspection, which includes sampling.Takes place when the preliminary assessment suggests that environment and public health are endangered by a suspect site.). (various references) | |
Dutch | oriënterend onderzoek (Evaluation of the contamination at the site, investigation, site inspection, which includes sampling.Takes place when the preliminary assessment suggests that environment and public health are endangered by a suspect site.), nader onderzoek (Evaluation of the contamination at the site, further inquiry, investigation, site inspection, which includes sampling.Takes place when the preliminary assessment suggests that environment and public health are endangered by a suspect site.). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaaralle altis (exposed to danger). (various references) | |
French | exposé à un danger, mis en danger, menacé. (various references) | |
German | gefährdet (at risk, endangers, imperils, jeopardizes, periled), gefährdete (imperiled, jeopardized). (various references) | |
Greek | απειλούμενος (under threat). (various references) | |
Italian | esposto a un pericolo (exposed to danger, threatened), minacciato (exposed to danger, threatened). (various references) | |
Korean | 위태롭게 하는 (Jeopardized). (various references) | |
Norwegian | truet. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | endangereday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | investigação (canvass, disquisition, enquiry, exploration, inquisition, inquisitorial, investigation, quest, research, rummage, study), inspecção do local (Evaluation of the contamination at the site, investigation, site inspection, which includes sampling.Takes place when the preliminary assessment suggests that environment and public health are endangered by a suspect site.), animais em extinção (endangered species). (various references) | |
Swedish | undersökning på plats (Evaluation of the contamination at the site, investigation, site inspection, which includes sampling.Takes place when the preliminary assessment suggests that environment and public health are endangered by a suspect site.). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | periclitatus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Ecclesiastes Chapter 10, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Exairwn liqouV diaponhqhsetai en autoiV scizwn xula kinduneusei en autoiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui transfert lapides adfligetur in eis et qui scindit ligna vulnerabitur ab eis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Who berth ouer stones, shal be tormentid in hem; and who hewith trees, shal be woundid of hem. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Whoever removeth stones shall be hurt by them; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered by it. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He who gets out stones from the earth will be damaged by them, and in the cutting of wood there is danger. |
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| Language | Ecclesiastes Chapter 10, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | Bisan kinsa nga magasapsap ug mga bato masamad tungod niini; ug kadtong magabugha ug kahoy namiligro siya tungod niini. |
| Croatian | Tko lomi kamenje, ono ga ranjava; tko cijepa drva, može nastradati. |
| Danish | den, som bryder Sten, kan såre sig på dem; den, som kløver Træ, er i Fare. |
| Dutch | Wie stenen wegdraagt, zal smart daardoor lijden; wie hout klieft, zal daardoor in gevaar zijn. |
| Finnish | Joka kiviä louhii, se niihin loukkaantuu; joka puita halkoo, se joutuu siinä vaaraan. |
| French | Celui qui remue des pierres en sera blessé, et celui qui fend du bois en éprouvera du danger. |
| German | Wer Steine wegwälzt, der wird Mühe damit haben; und wer Holz spaltet, der wird davon verletzt werden. |
| Hungarian | A bölcs ember szájának beszédei kedvesek; a bolondnak pedig ajkai elnyelik õt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Siapa bekerja di tambang batu, akan terbentur dan luka. Siapa membelah kayu, mungkin sekali mendapat cedera. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Barangsiapa yang mengangkut batu, iapun akan kena luka olehnya, dan barang siapa yang membelah kayu, iapun dalam bahaya olehnya. |
| Italian | Chi spacca le pietre si fa male e chi taglia legna corre pericolo. |
| Maori | Ko te tangata e tarai ana i nga kohatu, ka mamae ano i reira; ko te tangata e tata ana i te rakau, ka ora noa ano i reira. |
| Norwegian | Den som bryter sten, kan få en skade av det; den som hugger ved, kan komme i fare ved det. |
| Portuguese | Aquele que tira pedras é maltratado por elas, e o que racha lenha corre perigo nisso. |
| Rumanian | Cine sfarmq pietre, este rqnit de ele, wi cine despicq lemne este kn primejdie. |
| Russian | лФП РЕТЕДЧЙЗБЕФ ЛБНОЙ, ФПФ НПЦЕФ ОБДУБДЙФШ УЕВС, Й ЛФП ЛПМЕФ ДТПЧБ, ФПФ НПЦЕФ РПДЧЕТЗОХФШУС ПРБУОПУФЙ ПФ ОЙИ. |
| Spanish | El que corta piedras se lastima con ellas, y el que parte leña corre peligro con ella. |
| Swedish | Den som vältrar bort stenar bliver skadad av dem, den som hugger ved kommer i fara därvid. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Endangered" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: endargered, endendered, endengered. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "endangered" (pronounced endā"njerd or undā"njerd) |
| 4 | -n j er d | conjured, injured, uninjured. |
| 3 | -j er d | badgered, majored, perjured, wagered. |
| 4 | -n j er d | conjured, injured, uninjured. |
| 3 | -j er d | badgered, majored, perjured, wagered. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-e-g-n-n-r" | |
-1 letter: renegaded. | |
-2 letters: dangered, deadener, deranged, endanger, endeared, engender, gandered, gardened, gendered, renegade. | |
-3 letters: angered, degrade, degreed, derange, enraged, grandee, greened, grenade, reneged. | |
-4 letters: agreed, dander, danged, danger, darned, deaden, deader, deaned, degree, denned, dragee, dredge, earned, endear, ennead, enrage, gadder, gander, garden, geared, gender, genera, graded, neared, needed, needer, ranged, redden, reeded, rended, renege. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-e-e-g-n-n-r" | |
+3 letters: transgendered. | |
+5 letters: unguardednesses, wrongheadedness. | |
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