Anthropoid

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anthropoid \An"thro*poid\, a. [Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -oid.]
     Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the
     ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "anthropoid":
     Bronze Age man, Hominidae, Iron Age man, Stone Age man, aboriginal,
     aborigine, ancient, antediluvian, anthropomorphic, anthropopathic,
     ape-man, autochthon, bushman, cave dweller, caveman, fossil man,
     hominid, humanoid, man of old, manlike, missing link, preadamite,
     prehistoric man, prehuman, primate, primitive, protohuman,
     troglodyte