anthropoid

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anthropoid Meaning of "anthropoid"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) person who resembles a nonhuman primate
  2. (n) any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
  3. (adj) resembling apes
  4. (adj) resembling human beings

Synonym(s)

manlike, anthropoidal, apelike

Derived Word(s)

anthropoidal

Usage(s):

  1. Still others were placed in so-called anthropoid coffins--pottery sarcophagi with human faces--and a few were only wrapped in linen.
  2. There may be anthropoid apes in Venezuela, Ley says optimistically, and little furry men in Africa.
  3. If children resulted, that would show that the two anthropoid groups were nearer each other than evolutionists at present believe.
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