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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

They knew that apelike men had lived there, too.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

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