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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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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

Genetics has taught us a tremendous amount about that, and there’s a lot of evidence that they were much more human than apelike.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2017

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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