Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anthropoid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anthropoid \An"thro*poid\, a. [Gr. ? man + -oid.]
Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the
ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anthropoid
adj 1: resembling apes [syn: {anthropoidal}, {apelike}]
2: resembling human beings [syn: {manlike}]
n 1: person who resembles a non-human primate [syn: {ape}]
2: any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys
and apes and hominids
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