Extinct
Extinct adjective - No longer existing.
Usage example: a few overgrown ruins are all that remain of that once mighty but now extinct civilization
Nearby Word: extinction
Living
Living adjective - Having being at the present time.
Usage example: there are fewer than a dozen living former presidents
Both words in one sentence
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It was an anatomical feature unique to pterosaurs, as no other animal (living or extinct) has been discovered with anything even remotely similar.
Source: Ptero Soarer -
It's often mentioned that Dunkleosteus ' bite was among the strongest of any vertebrate living or extinct, and that it was a voracious cannibal.
Source: Kraken and Leviathan -
Animal Motifs: Buddy starts off only able to borrow powers of animals near him, but ends up able to borrow powers from any animal, anywhere on Earth, living or extinct.
Source: Comicbook / Animal Man
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