simiinæ

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The higher one of two subfamilies of Simiidæ, from which the Hylobatinæ or gibbons are excluded, and which includes the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orang, having a robust form, broad haunch-bones, large cerebrum overlapping the cerebellum, and no ischial callosities. The genera are Gorilla, Mimetes (or Anthropopithecus or Troglodytes), and Simia.