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ape-man
[ eyp-man ]
/ ˈeɪpˌmæn /
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noun, plural ape-men.
a hypothetical primate representing a transitional form between true humans and the anthropoid apes, considered by some as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
a human assumed to have been reared by apes.
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apeman
/ (ˈeɪpˌmæn) /
noun plural -men
any of various extinct apelike primates thought to have been the forerunners, or closely related to the forerunners, of modern man
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