💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Insectageddon"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| insectdomnoun | The condition of being an insect; insects in general. |
| extinction eventnoun | (evolutionary theory, geology) Synonym of mass extinction. |
| error catastrophenoun | (biology) The extinction of an organism (usually microorganisms) due to excessive RNA mutations. |
| speciocidenoun | The destruction of a species. |
| omnicidenoun | (countable and uncountable) The total extinction of the human species as a result of human action. Most commonly it refers to human extinction through nuclear warfare, but it can also refer to such extinction through other means such as global anthropogenic ecological catastrophe. |
| entomonecrophagynoun | The condition of being entomonecrophagous |
| mass extinctionnoun | (evolutionary theory, geology) A sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time; specifically, a loss of ∼75% of all species on the planet over a geologically interval of less than 3 million years, as a result of a mass extinction event. |
| xenocidenoun | (science fiction) The genocide of an entire alien species. |
| speciecidenoun | The systematic extermination of a species. |
| coextinctionnoun | (biology) The simultaneous extinction of two or more species (especially when one is dependent on the other) |
| bioinvasionnoun | The rapid expansion of a species into regions where it did not previously exist, often as a result of human agency. |
| speciescidenoun | Alternative form of speciecide. [The systematic extermination of a species.] |
| entomopathogenesisnoun | The pathogenesis of insect disease |
| oxygen catastrophenoun | (biology) An event during the oxygenation event of Earth's past, where the level of free oxygen in the environment exceeds the tolerance levels of most extant anaerobic life. |
| entomotoxicitynoun | (toxicology) The condition of being entomotoxic |
| anautogenynoun | (entomology) The condition, found in many insects, where a gravid female has to feed before oviposition (egg laying), in order for the eggs to mature. This is particularly important in insects that are considered vectors (e.g. mosquitos), as without the necessary feeding, no eggs will be produced. |
| infodisruptionnoun | A disruption in the production or transfer of infochemicals (pheromones) |
| doomsday argumentnoun | A probabilistic argument that claims to predict the future population of the human species based on an estimation of the number of humans born to date. |
| autocidenoun | An act of suicide committed by crashing a car. |
| homogenocenenoun | Alternative form of Homogocene. [(ecology) The current ecological era marked by anthropogenic biotic homogenization, having begun c. 1500 CE.] |
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