simian
Example Sentences
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Within this large group, cliques were formed but they often intermingled and share territory, like something from a simian Pixar film.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Athapol said people shouldn’t see monkeys as villians, saying that the authorities might have not been efficient enough in their work to control the simian population.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024
Waze, on the other hand, is a clear and present danger to every pedestrian, equestrian, simian and median on the planet.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2023
The simian ones came from field recordings made as part of previous research.
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023
A pathologist at the Institute had inspected the meat very carefully and had given it a tentative diagnosis of simian hemorrhagic fever—harmless to humans, lethal to monkeys.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Vocabulary lists containing simian
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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"The Monkey's Paw," Vocabulary from the short story
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100 SAT words Beginning with "S"
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