anthropoid

(ant̸hrə po̵id′)

adjective

  1. resembling a human
  2. 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

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See anthropoid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance.
  2. Of or belonging to the group of great apes of the family Pongidae, which includes the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan.
  3. Resembling or characteristic of an ape; apelike.
noun
An ape of the family Pongidae. Also called anthropoid ape.

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  • anˌthro·poidˈal (-poidˈl) adjective

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