Anthropoid
['ænθrəpɒɪd]
Definition
(noun.) any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids.
(noun.) person who resembles a nonhuman primate.
(adj.) resembling human beings .
(adj.) resembling apes .
Edited by Debra--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla.
(n.) An anthropoid ape.
Typed by Debora
Definition
adj. in the form of or resembling man.—n. the anthropoid ape the highest and most man-like monkey.—adj. An′thropoidal.
Edited by Johanna
Examples
- Drawing the shaft far back he drove the poisoned missile straight into the heart of the great anthropoid. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Jane shuddered and looked fearfully up at the giant figure beside her, for she knew that he meant the great anthropoid he had killed in her defense. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Suddenly something snapped in the wicked little brain of the anthropoid. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- No, said Mr. Philander, the smallest one, the one found in the crib, was the skeleton of an anthropoid ape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But ere they touched that fair skin another mood claimed the anthropoid. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The duties of kingship among the anthropoids are not many or arduous. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Typist: Weldon