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View synonyms for missing link
missing link
[ mis-ing lingk ]
noun
- 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.
- 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
noun
- the missing linksometimes capitals a hypothetical extinct animal or animal group, formerly thought to be intermediate between the anthropoid apes and man
- any missing section or part in an otherwise complete series
missing link
- A supposed animal midway in evolution between apes and humans. The term is based on a misunderstanding about the theory of evolution, which does not state that humans are descended from apes, but rather maintains that both humans and apes descended from a common ancestor. Modern evolutionary scientists do not search for a “missing link.”
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Origin of missing link1
First recorded in 1850–55
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