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View synonyms for anthropomorphous

anthropomorphous

/ ˌænθrəpəˈmɔːfəs /

adjective

  1. shaped like a human being
  2. another word for anthropomorphic


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Derived Forms

  • ˌanthropoˈmorphously, adverb

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Example Sentences

The ourang-outang is the most anthropomorphous of the ape tribe, all of which are strictly frugivorous.

The same remark is applicable to the tailless condition of man; for the tail is absent in all the anthropomorphous apes.

At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Professor Schaaffhausen has remarked,270 will no doubt be exterminated.

The bony portion of the hand of man and of that of certain anthropomorphous apes present marked similarities.

Among the few species already detected, two at least belong to the anthropomorphous class.

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