# Animal adjectives?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-adjectives/1008633 "2024-10-10T17:06:15Z")\
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Worm: vermicious

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Ape / monkey: simian

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> [@Maserschmidt](#):
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> I’m a fan of broader categories:

I’ll go one broader still and say: extinct - extant  
Also: domesticated, feral, wild.  
Or: Symbiotic, commensal, parasitic.

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