apelike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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In that grainy 10-second video, a large, slightly hunched apelike creature lurches past some fallen wood, pausing briefly to look over its shoulder.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 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
It is a testament to Darwin’s scientific audacity that he was not particularly bothered by the prospect of human descent from apelike ancestors.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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