anthropoid ape
any member of the former taxonomic suborder Anthropoidea, under which New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes, including humans, were grouped: modern classification groups these under the suborder Haplorhini along with the tarsiers.
Origin of anthropoid ape
1- Also called anthropoid .
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How to use anthropoid ape in a sentence
The anthropoid ape, like man, has only the rudiment of a tail.
The Churches and Modern Thought | Philip VivianIn any case, we have a clear proof of the close affinity of man and the anthropoid ape.
The other held a great cage—and in the cage was an anthropoid ape larger even than the great brute they had met on the trail!
Astounding Stories, June, 1931 | VariousThe Bentley buried within the mighty carcass of an anthropoid ape watched and shuddered.
Astounding Stories, June, 1931 | VariousDo you know the difference between the brain of a man and that of an anthropoid ape?
British Dictionary definitions for anthropoid ape
any primate of the family Pongidae, having no tail, elongated arms, and a highly developed brain. The group includes gibbons, orang-utans, chimpanzees, and gorillas
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Scientific definitions for anthropoid ape
[ ăn′thrə-poid′ ]
A primate belonging to the family Pongidae, which includes the chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and orangutan. Orangutans are arboreal whereas the other three species are terrestrial or semiarboreal. Anthropoid apes move in trees mainly by arm-swinging and on the ground by quadrupedal walking in which the upper body weight is borne on the knuckles. Also called great ape pongid Compare hominid.
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