Anthropoid (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. resembling humans.
  2. belonging or pertaining to the group of primates characterized by a relatively flat face, dry nose, small immobile ears, and forward-facing eyes, comprising New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes, including humans: these primates were formerly classified into their own suborder, Anthropoidea, which has been supplanted by the more inclusive suborder Haplorhini.
noun
  1. anthropoid ape.
adjective
  1. resembling man
  2. resembling an ape; apelike
  3. of or relating to the suborder Anthropoidea
noun
  1. any primate of the suborder Anthropoidea, including monkeys, apes, and man
Anthropoid (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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