anthropoid ape
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anthropoid ape — noun any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae • Hypernyms: ↑ape • Hyponyms: ↑great ape, ↑pongid, ↑lesser ape • Member Holonyms: ↑Anthropoidea, ↑suborder Anthropoidea … Useful english dictionary
Anthropoid ape — This text includes outdated information. For current taxonomy see Hominidae. Anthropoid apes or manlike apes, the name given to the family of the Simiidae, because, of all the ape world, they most closely resemble man. This family includes four… … Wikipedia
anthropoid ape — an′thropoid ape′ n. mam any ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae, anatomically resembling humans and comprising the gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons, and siamangs • Etymology: 1830–40 … From formal English to slang
anthropoid ape — noun Date: circa 1837 ape 1b … New Collegiate Dictionary
anthropoid ape — any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae, anatomically resembling humans, and comprising the gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons and siamangs. [1830 40] * * * … Universalium
anthropoid ape — /ˌænθrəpɔɪd ˈeɪp/ (say .anthruhpoyd ayp) noun any ape of the family Pongidae, comprising gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and gibbons, without cheek pouches or developed tail …
anthropoid — anthropoid, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous all mean resembling man. Anthropoid in its basic meaning is used primarily of certain apes (as the chimpanzee and gorilla) and certain prehuman primate fossils that approach modern man in structure… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Anthropoid — came from the Greek for of human likeness . In biology it is used interchangeably with simian to refer to a primate that is not a lemurid, lorisid, or tarsier. In some cultural representations, namely Edgar Rice Burroughs s Tarzan of the Apes ,… … Wikipedia
Anthropoid — An thro*poid, a. [Gr. ? man + oid.] Resembling man; applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. n. An anthropoid ape. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
anthropoid — 1. Resembling humans in structure and form. 2. One of the monkeys resembling humans; an ape. [G. anthropo eides, man like] * * * an·thro·poid an(t) thrə .pȯid adj 1) resembling humans used esp. of apes of the family Pongidae 2) of the pelvis… … Medical dictionary
