Extant
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- Extant taxon Extant is a term commonly used in biology to refer to taxa that are still in existence (living). The term extant contrasts with extinct. For example, Brandt's Cormorant is an extant species, while the Spectacled Cormorant is an extinct species. Likewise, of the group of molluscs known as the cephalopods, there are approximately 600 extant species, a taxon which is not extinct, such as an extant species.
- Extant literature Extant literature refers to texts that have survived from the past to the present time. Extant literature can be divided into extant original manuscripts, copies of original manuscripts, quotations and paraphrases of passages of non-extant texts contained in other works, translations of non-extant texts into other languages, or, more recently,, surviving literature, such as Beowulf, the oldest extant manuscript written in English
- Hank Hall, also known as Extant, the DC Comics supervillain
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