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apelike

American  
[ayp-lahyk] / ˈeɪp laɪk /

adjective

  1. similar to an ape in behavior, movement, speech, or appearance.


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Sometimes Bigfoot believers go “squatching” in the forest to hunt for tracks left behind from the purported apelike creature.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2023

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

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

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