anthropoid ape

[ an-thruh-poid eyp ]

/ ˈæn θrəˌpɔɪd ˈeɪp /

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noun

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.

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Also called anthropoid .

Origin of anthropoid ape

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby anthropoid ape

anthropogenesis, anthropogenic, anthropogeography, anthropography, anthropoid, anthropoid ape, Anthropoidea, anthropol., anthropolatry, anthropological linguistics, anthropologist

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How to use anthropoid ape in a sentence

His play The Hairy Ape, the agent noted, “could easily lend itself to radical propaganda.”
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It was just another crazy Twitter account, with one exception: this ugly ape represented me, without my permission.
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They found that 60 percent of plantations overlapped with great ape habitat across the entire area.
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But a series of misunderstandings triggers an all-out war between man and ape, threatening the future of mankind.
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This left them, in the end, with “rhinoceros” and “anthropoid.”
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man|John Lardner|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Widder Morse wants to ape these well-to-do folks that live tother end o Whiffle Street.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
It is large in the anthropoid apes, especially in the orang, in which it is very long and spirally convoluted.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
The abnormality of club-foot may be pointed to as a reversion to the shape of the foot in the anthropoid apes.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
The same peculiarity exists in the larger anthropoid apes and in some of the gibbons, but is not found in the lower mammals.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
In the cave of Naulette, near Dinant, Belgium, has been found the lower jaw of a man of decidedly ape-like aspect.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris

British Dictionary definitions for anthropoid ape

anthropoid ape

noun

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

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.