anthropoid pelvis

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An apelike pelvis with a long anteroposterior diameter and a narrow transverse diameter.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

In an airline seat, the hips and pelvis rotate forward and the S curve flattens.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room|Clive Irving|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For just a moment, I froze and found myself imagining what it would feel like to break a pelvis.
Chicago’s Running of the Bulls|Hampton Stevens|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This left them, in the end, with “rhinoceros” and “anthropoid.”
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man|John Lardner|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They summoned Mr. Rizzo and desired him to spell the word “anthropoid.”
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man|John Lardner|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In and among the rest he inserted the words “rhinoceros” and “anthropoid.”
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man|John Lardner|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
None of the other anthropoid apes ever walk erect, though they assume at times the upright posture.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
Of the anthropoid apes of Europe, probably numerous in individuals, a few remains of one or two species alone survive.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris