Meaning of ANTHROPOID
| Pronunciation: | | 'anthru`poyd
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- [n] any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
- [n] person who resembles a non-human primate
- [adj] resembling human beings
- [adj] resembling apes
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| | Synonyms: | | anthropoidal, ape, apelike, human, manlike, nonhuman |
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| | See Also: | | misfit, primate | |
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| | Definition: | | \An"thro*poid\, a. [Gr. ? man + -oid.]
Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the
ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape.
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| | Definition: | | This refers to the higher primates (humans, apes, and monkeys). The word is derived from the Greek word anthropos, which means "man" or "human". |
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| | Definition: | | a member of the suborder Anthropoidea; includes the New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, and humans. |
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| | Related Terms: | | aboriginal, aborigine, ancient, antediluvian, anthropomorphic, anthropopathic, ape-man, autochthon, Bronze Age man, bushman, cave dweller, caveman, fossil man, hominid, Hominidae, humanoid, Iron Age man, man of old, manlike, missing link, preadamite, prehistoric man, prehuman, primate, primitive, protohuman, Stone Age man, troglodyte |
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