apelike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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For a hominin of this time period, the heel bone was too apelike, and the midfoot, ankle, knee, hip and lower back showed strange traits in both skeletons.
From Scientific American • Nov. 5, 2022
Two apelike brothers stomp around Tokyo; an American scientist and his helper advise.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2019
In it, Goofy is demonstrating to his son, Max, how to cast a fishing line, when he accidentally lures the bumbling apelike being to their campsite instead of a fish.
From Slate • Dec. 7, 2018
Its shoulders are also apelike, but the arms, wrists and hands more humanlike.
From New York Times • May 14, 2018
Two years later the Leakeys found the skull of an apelike creature who became known as Dear Boy or George.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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