pithecoid

American  

[pith-i-koid, pi-thee-koid] / ˈpɪθ ɪˌkɔɪd, pɪˈθi kɔɪd /

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the genus Pithecia and related genera, including the saki monkeys.

2. (loosely) apelike; monkeylike.

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pithecoid Scientific  

/ pĭth′ĭ-koid′,pī-thē′koid /

1. Resembling or relating to the apes, especially the anthropoid apes.

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Etymology

Origin of pithecoid

1860–65; < New Latin pithēc ( us ) ape (< Greek píthēkos ) + -oid

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Example Sentences

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pithecoid

Nowadays Sir William is generally remembered, when he is, because he happened to be Oscar's father, or because he was, as an outraged Victorian put it, a "pithecoid person of extraordinary sensuality."

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of these believe themselves sprung from trees, as if they had still reminiscences of the arboreal habits of a pithecoid ancestry.

From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon

He held fast to his ceterum censeo: “As yet no diluvial discovery has been made which can be referred to a man of a pithecoid type.”

From Naturalism And Religion by Rudolf Otto

Only, the nasal index is somewhat smaller; on the whole, the nose has in its separate parts a decidedly pithecoid form.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Austin Craig

Since his evolution from his pithecoid ancestor the forces of nature have been at work evolving man’s psychical being.

From Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire by James Weir

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