anthropoid
anthropoid
Definition
an·thro·poid (an′t̸hrə po̵id′)
adjective
- resembling a human
- apelike a brutish man with anthropoid features
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
an′·thro·poi′·dal adjective
anthropoid
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- ape: Do you know how the muscles are in this part in the anthropoid apes?
- primate: Semple S, Cowlishaw G & Bennett PM ( 2002 ) Immune system evolution among anthropoid primates: parasites, injuries and predators.
- coffin: Plainly, it is that the coffins were of stone because anthropoid coffins had been common in Egypt for a long time.
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