anthropoid

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But there is one group of this great tribe in which this resemblance is greatest, and they have hence been called the anthropoid or man-like apes.

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  1. adjective Resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance.
  2. adjective Of or belonging to the group of great apes of the family Pongidae, which includes the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan.
  3. adjective Resembling or characteristic of an ape; apelike.

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  • The brute was roughly anthropoid, two meters of dense bone and muscle wrapped in a thick hide. —  EBSCOhost
  • Apparently no one was there Monk waddled about the room like some huge anthropoid, sniffing on a trail. —  058 - The Golden Peril
  • This gave one the impression of a skull with no room provided for brains The girl looking on did not yet know it, but this apish giant was Andrew Blodgett "Monk" Mayfair, one of the world's greatest chemists, former lieutenant colonel in the U. S. army, and at present one of a group of five men associated with Doc Savage in his worldwide adventures The anthropoid-like Monk carried a large box under an arm. —  013 - Meteor Menace
  • Their broad chests and square shoulders remind one of the gorilla; but we find that, unlike the anthropoid ape, they have very weak arms; their strength lies in their backs and legs. —  The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America
  • Further north there is a still larger anthropoid, which the natives call a wild man and Europeans a gorilla. —  To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative
 

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  1. from Greek ἀνθρωποειδής, like a man, in human shape, from ἂνθρωπος, a man, + είδος, form, shape.
 

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