Ape-man (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural ape-men.
  1. a hypothetical primate representing a transitional form between true humans and the anthropoid apes, considered by some as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
  2. a human assumed to have been reared by apes.
noun plural -men
  1. any of various extinct apelike primates thought to have been the forerunners, or closely related to the forerunners, of modern man
Ape-man (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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