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    [Noun]  | "an*thro*poid" | \ ˈan(t)-thrə-ˌpȯid \


    1: any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets); especially : ape

    2: a person resembling an ape


    Origin: 1874 ;

     Noun derivative of anthropoid, adjective, "of human beings, human-like (of apes and other members of the taxonomic order Anthropoidea), ape-like," borrowed from Greek anthrōpoeidḗs "of human form," from ánthrōpos "human being" + -oeidēs {see: |-oid:2|-oid:2} {mat|anthropo-|};

    [Noun]  | "ape" | \ ˈāp \


    1: any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) —called also anthropoid, anthropoid ape

    2: monkey; especially : one of the larger tailless or short-tailed Old World forms —not used technically

    3: mimic


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English apa; akin to Old High German affo ape;

    [Noun]  | "anthropoid ape" 


    1: ape


    Origin: 1836 ;

    [Adjective]  | "anthropoid" 


    1: resembling a human in shape or form;


      * e.g., " ... They were on the lookout for the famed Sasquatch, a tall anthropoid creature some thought lived deep in these forests. "





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