Simian Definition

sĭmē-ən
simians
adjective
Of or like an ape or monkey.
Webster's New World
Relating to, characteristic of, or resembling a monkey or a nonhuman ape.
Caricatures of politicians with simian features.
American Heritage
noun
An ape or monkey.
Webster's New World
A monkey or a nonhuman ape.
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Other Word Forms of Simian

Noun

Singular:
simian
Plural:
simians

Origin of Simian

  • From Latin sīmia ape probably from sīmus snub-nosed from Greek sīmos

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin sÄ«mia (“ape, monkey"), from Ancient Greek σιμός (simos, “bent upward").

    From Wiktionary

Simian Sentence Examples

  • Like Woburn these monkeys were found to be carrying simian herpes virus.

  • During a physical examination, the doctor looks for underdeveloped breasts and genitalia, webbed neck, short stature, low hairline in back, simian crease (a single crease in the palm), and abnormal development of the chest.

  • On the other hand it does not follow necessarily from a theory of evolution of species that mankind must have descended from a single stock, for the hypothesis of development admits of the argument, that several simian species may have culminated in several races of man.

  • At some point, a simian programmer had written a function which accepted inputs of the right types but returned XtCallbackProc instead of void.

  • It will be interesting to learn what part of our brain now dedicated to language was doing in our simian ancestors.

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Words Starting With

SSISIM

Words Ending With

NANIAN

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Words Starting With S and Ending With N

Starts With S & Ends With NStarts With SI & Ends With NStarts With S & Ends With AN

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With N