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Anthropoid

adjective
1.
Resembling apes.  Synonyms: anthropoidal, apelike.
2.
Resembling human beings.  Synonym: manlike.



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"Anthropoid" Quotes from Famous Books



... it blighting," she returned, "to be told not only that you are the descendant of an anthropoid ape—we had got used to that—but of an ...
— Imaginary Interviews • W. D. Howells

... Anthropoid apes, of which there was recently such a representative series in the Zoo, have dwindled sadly in numbers this year. The lamented decease of 'Sally' was referred to a few weeks ago; we have now to record the death of 'George,' the ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101. October 10, 1891 • Various



Words linked to "Anthropoid" :   nonhuman, human, primate, misfit



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