ape-men
- plural of ape-man.
Example Sentences
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We evolved from predecessors who had differently shaped skulls and often heavier builds, but were otherwise much more like us than, say, the ape-men that came before them.
From Time ● Jun. 7, 2017
There are discoveries to be made and mysteries to be solved, but not of lake serpents and preternaturally hard-to-photograph ape-men.
From Slate ● Nov. 23, 2012
The representatives of the advanced, scientific, galaxy-spanning organization were now the bad guys, and the heroes were positively medieval -- hereditary princes and princesses, wizards and ape-men.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2011
They looked partly human, partly simian, and Dubois decided that they belonged to an ancient race of ape-men.
From Time Magazine Archive
The procession with the bodyguard of ape-men at its head, the renegade Duca and his caciques following next, and the cage bringing up the rear, advanced relentlessly down the lane to the central stage.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various
