Anthropoid Synonyms

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Synonyms for Anthropoid

hominoid
Of or like a human
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gibbon
Any of a family (Hylobatidae) of small, slender, long-armed, tree-dwelling anthropoid apes of India, S China, and the East Indies
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gorilla
Either of two large apes (Gorilla gorilla or G. beringei) native to the forests of equatorial Africa, having a stocky body and coarse dark brown or black hair.
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humanoid
A being having human form or characteristics:
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monkey
The definition of a monkey is a mammal belonging to the order Primates or a person with mischievous or child-like behavior.
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anthropomorphic
The definition of anthropomorphic is anything that may be made to look like a human.
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anthropomorphous
Having or suggesting human form and appearance.
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manlike
Like or characteristic of a human being
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chimpanzee
Either of two African apes of the genus Pan, having black hair, a bare face, somewhat arboreal habits, and a high degree of intelligence.
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orang
(Short for) orangutan
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orangutan
An arboreal anthropoid ape genus Pongo consisting of two species, Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo and Pongo abelii of Sumatra, having a shaggy reddish-brown coat, very long arms, and no tail.
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primate
A bishop of highest rank in a province or country.
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anthropoidal
Anthropoid
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apelike
Given to servile imitation.
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ape
A person who is uncouth, gross, clumsy, etc.
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culture
Resembling a human being
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  • Together with man and the baboons, the anthropoid apes form the group known to science as Catarhini, those, that is, possessing a narrow nasal septum, and are thus easily distinguishable from the flat-nosed monkeys or Platyrhini.

  • The anthropoid apes are arboreal and confined to the Old World.

  • The only fairly complete anthropoid statue known is the much-defaced " Niobe " at Suratlu Tash, engaged in the rock behind.

  • Similarly, in the Asiatic islands are found the great mammals of the continent - the elephant, tiger, rhinoceros, anthropoid ape, &c., which are wanting in the Australian region, with which the eastern part of the archipelago is associated.

  • In its structure and cranial capacity it is entitled to a higher place in the zoological scale than any anthropoid, for it almost certainly walked erect; and, on the other hand, in its intellectual powers it must have been much below the lowest of the human race at present known.

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