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an·thro·poid (an′t̸hrə po̵id′)

adjective

  1. resembling a human
  2. apelike a brutish man with anthropoid features

Etymology: 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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