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Anthropoid

Anthropoid Meaning & Definition
Anthropoid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Anthropoid?

[n] any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
[n] person who resembles a non-human primate
[adj] resembling human beings
[adj] resembling apes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Anthropoid: anthropoidal | ape | apelike | human | manlike | nonhuman

Related Terms | Find terms related to Anthropoid: aboriginal | aborigine | ancient | antediluvian | anthropomorphic | anthropopathic | ape-man | autochthon | Bronze Age man | bushman | cave dweller | caveman | fossil man | hominid | Hominidae | humanoid | Iron Age man | man of old | manlike | missing link | preadamite | prehistoric man | prehuman | primate | primitive | protohuman | Stone Age man | troglodyte

See Also | misfit | primate

Anthropoid In Webster's Dictionary

\An"thro*poid\, a. [Gr. ? man + -oid.] Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape.

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