anthropoid ape

American  

[an-thruh-poid eyp] / ˈæn θrəˌpɔɪd ˈeɪp /

noun

1. 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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anthropoid ape British  

noun

1. 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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anthropoid ape Scientific  

/ ăn′thrə-poid′ /

1. 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.

2. Also called great ape pongid

3. Compare hominid

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Etymology

Origin of anthropoid ape

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

But the teeth are human teeth, and the jaw seems transitional between that of an anthropoid ape and that of man.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur

Do you know the difference between the brain of a man and that of an anthropoid ape?

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Bates, Harry

The whole of nature's influences, in new and often adverse situations, have been brought to bear upon man's mind, and as the result we have civilized man as contrasted with the anthropoid ape.

From Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution by Morris, Charles

"The anthropoid ape wasn't exactly a monkey, although he may have looked and acted like one," laughed Donald.

From 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands by Taylor, H. Weston

But it does not follow, because man as we first find him was very much like the anthropoid ape, that he is a lineal descendant of the ape.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.