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anthropoid

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anthropoid /an·thro·poid/ (an´thro-poid) resembling a human being; the anthropoid apes are tailless apes, including the chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla, and orangutan.
an·thro·poid (nthr-poid)
adj.
1. Resembling human beings in structure and form.
2. Of or belonging to the family of great apes including the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan.
3. Resembling or characteristic of an ape; apelike.

anthropoid
[an′thrəpoid]
Etymology: Gk, anthropos, human, eidos, form
resembling a man or human.

anthropoid
resembling humans; the anthropoid apes are tailless apes, including the chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla and orang-utan; members of the family Pongidae.


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