anthropoid

[ an-thruh-poid ]

adjective

1. resembling humans.
2. Anthropology, Zoology. belonging or pertaining to the group of primates characterized by a relatively flat face, dry nose, small immobile ears, and forward-facing eyes, comprising New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes, including humans: these primates were formerly classified into their own suborder, Anthropoidea, which has been supplanted by the more inclusive suborder Haplorhini. haplorhine.

noun

1. anthropoid ape.

anthropoid

/ ˈænθrəˌpɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling man
2. resembling an ape; apelike
3. of or relating to the suborder Anthropoidea

noun

1. See prosimian
   any primate of the suborder Anthropoidea, including monkeys, apes, and man Compare prosimian

Derived Forms

• ˌanthroˈpoidal, adjective

Other Words From

• anthro·poidal adjective
• pseudo·anthro·poid adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of anthropoid¹

First recorded in 1825–35; anthropo-, + -oid ( def )

Example Sentences

This left them, in the end, with “rhinoceros” and “anthropoid.”

From The Daily Beast

They summoned Mr. Rizzo and desired him to spell the word “anthropoid.”

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In and among the rest he inserted the words “rhinoceros” and “anthropoid.”

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It is large in the anthropoid apes, especially in the orang, in which it is very long and spirally convoluted.

From Project Gutenberg

The abnormality of club-foot may be pointed to as a reversion to the shape of the foot in the anthropoid apes.

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The same peculiarity exists in the larger anthropoid apes and in some of the gibbons, but is not found in the lower mammals.

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None of the other anthropoid apes ever walk erect, though they assume at times the upright posture.

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Of the anthropoid apes of Europe, probably numerous in individuals, a few remains of one or two species alone survive.

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