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 large braincase and apelike jaw and teeth were exactly what these scientists expected to find from a “missing link.”
From Science Magazine • Aug. 9, 2016
Despite being depicted in innumerable cartoons as apelike brutes living in caves, Neanderthals had brains slightly larger than our own.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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