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View synonyms for missing link

missing link

[ mis-ing lingk ]

  1. a hypothetical form of animal assumed to have constituted a connecting link between the anthropoid apes and humans, identified by some authorities as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
  2. something lacking for the completion of a series or sequence:

    It’s tricky to find the missing link between children’s books and adult fiction.



missing link

  1. the missing link
    sometimes capitals a hypothetical extinct animal or animal group, formerly thought to be intermediate between the anthropoid apes and man
  2. any missing section or part in an otherwise complete series
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of missing link1

First recorded in 1850–55

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