ANTHROPOID

anthropoid, manlike

(adjective) resembling human beings

anthropoid, anthropoidal, apelike

(adjective) resembling apes

anthropoid

(noun) any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids

anthropoid, ape

(noun) person who resembles a nonhuman primate

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

anthropoid (comparative more anthropoid, superlative most anthropoid)

having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance

(anatomy, in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having an anteroposterior diameter equal or exceeding the transverse diameter.

having characteristics of an ape

Noun

anthropoid (plural anthropoids)

An anthropoid animal.

Source: Wiktionary


An"thro*poid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.]

Definition: Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla.

– n.

Definition: An anthropoid ape.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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