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Monster Categories

Symbol¹	Category Name	Genocidable
`a`	Ants and other insects	✅
`b`	Blobs	✅
`c`	Cockatrices	✅
`d`	Dogs, other canines, and hyenas	Partly
`e`	Eye, gazers, and spheres	✅
`f`	Cats and other felines	✅
`g`	Gnomes, gremlins, and gargoyles	✅
`h`	Dwarves, humanoids, and tentacled ones	✅
`i`	Imps and other minor demons	✅
`j`	Jellies	✅
`k`	Kobolds	✅
`l`	Leprechauns	✅
`m`, `]`	Mimics	Partly
`n`	Nymphs	✅
`o`	Orcs	Partly
`p`	Piercers	✅
`q`	Quadrupeds	✅
`r`	Rodents	Partly
`s`	Arachnids and centipedes	Partly
`t`	Trappers and lurkers above	✅
`u`	Unicorns and horses	✅
`v`	Vortices	✅
`w`	Worms	✅
`x`	Xans and other mythical-fantastic insects	✅
`y`	Lights	✅
`z`	Zombies, skeletons, and other lesser undead	✅
`A`	Angelic beings	❌
`B`	Bats and birds	Partly
`C`	Centaurs	✅
`D`	Dragons	Partly
`E`	Elementals	Partly
`F`	Fungi and molds	✅
`G`	Gnolls	✅
`H`	Giant humanoids	Partly
`J`	Jabberwocks and juggernauts	Partly
`K`	Keystone Kops	✅
`L`	Liches	✅
`M`	Modrons	❌
`N`	Nagas	✅
`O`	Ogres	✅
`P`	Puddings and oozes	✅
`Q`	Quantum mechanics	✅
`R`	Rust monsters, disenchanters, and rakshasas	✅
`S`	Snakes	✅
`T`	Trolls and monsters with similar powers	Partly
`U`	Umbral hulks, otyughs, and chimeras	✅
`V`	Vampires	Partly
`W`	Wraiths	✅
`X`	Xorns	✅
`Y`	Ape- and bear-like creatures	Partly
`Z`	Mummies and other greater undead	Partly
`@`	Humans and elves	Partly
	Ghosts	❌
`'`	Golems	❌
`&`	Major demons and devils	❌
`;`	Sea monsters	✅
`:`	Lizards and hydras	Partly
`#`	Treants	✅
`~`	Long worm tails	❌

¹ This is the traditional monster category symbol in the legacy ASCII versions of the game. In modern versions, it is mostly used in a blessed genocide, which lets you choose a monster category to wipe out.