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anthropoid
(an′t̸hrə po̵id′)
adjective
- resembling a human
- apelike: a brutish man with anthropoid features
Origin: Gr anthrōpoeidēs: see anthropo- & -oid
noun
any of certain highly developed primates, esp. the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, and gibbon: in some classification systems, any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of primates
Related Forms:
- anthropoidal adjective
See anthropoid in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance.
- Of or belonging to the group of great apes of the family Pongidae, which includes the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan.
- Resembling or characteristic of an ape; apelike.
An ape of the family Pongidae. Also called anthropoid ape.
Related Forms:
- anˌthro·poidˈal (-poidˈl) adjective
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