simian

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Rather this simian is ready to use his unprecedented speed and sharp tiny teeth to bring the pain to Humans everywhere.

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  1. adjective Relating to, characteristic of, or resembling an ape or a monkey.
  2. noun An ape or a monkey.

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  • They were disconcertingly simian, about the size of a man, and quadrupedal —each limb jointed like a human arm, but ending in hands bearing eight long prehensile fingers. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • Her body was thin and tiny and her face simian, a maze of wrinkles. —  The Third Wexford Omnibus
  • The homely simian was a companion at least Instead of coming out of his tree, Chemistry abruptly began to chatter amiably, then swung forward at a rapid pace. —  032 - Dust of Death
  • Rather this simian is ready to use his unprecedented speed and sharp tiny teeth to bring the pain to Humans everywhere. —  Vinyl Pulse
  • SIV -- simian immunodeficiency virus, which causes something similar to AIDS in certain types of monkeys -- is "not a perfect substitute for testing drugs and vaccines against HIV." —  THE MEDICAL NEWS
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  1. From Latin sīmia, ape, probably from sīmus, snub-nosed, from Greek sīmos.

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  1. =F. simien =Spanish simiano, from New Latin simianus (cf. Middle Latin simianus, a demon), from Latin simia, an ape.
 

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