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

Example Sentences

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

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 Craig, Austin

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 Haddon, Alfred Court

An extensive and valuable literature has grown up in the last ten years on the Pithecanthropus and the pithecoid theory connected with it.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

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 Weir, James