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Anthropoid
Anthropoid An"thro*poid, a. [Gr. ? man + -oid.] Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape.
anthropoid apes
Ape Ape ([=a]p), n. [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiad[ae], having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes. Note: The ape of the Old Testament was probably the rhesus monkey of India, and allied forms. 2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic. --Byron. 3. A dupe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Anthropoidal
Anthropoidal An`thro*poid"al, a. Anthropoid.
Anthropoidea
Anthropoidea An`thro*poid"e*a, n. pl. [NL. See Anthropoid.] (Zo["o]l.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.
Pithecanthropoid
--Haeckel. 2. A genus consisting of an primate (P. erectus) apparently intermediate between man and the existing anthropoid apes, known from bones of a single individual found in Java (hence called Java man) in 1891-92. These bones include a thigh bone of the human type, two molar teeth intermediate between those of man and the anthropoids, and the calvaria of the skull, indicating a brain capacity of about 900 cubic centimeters, and resembling in form that of the Neanderthal man. Also [pl. -thropi], an animal of this genus. -- Pith`e*can"thrope, n. -- Pith`e*can"thro*poid, a.

Meaning of Anthropoi from wikipedia

- The term basilikoi anthropoi (Gr****: βασιλικοί ἄνθρωποι, "the imperial men") appears in Byzantine do****ents of the 9th–10th centuries and has two distinct...
- ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ (ho dè anexétastos bíos ou biōtòs anthrṓpōi, literally "but the unexamined life is not lived by man"). This statement...
- Arthro 1: Árthro 1: [ˈarθro ˈena ‖ Όλοι Oloi Óli ˈoli οι oi i i άνθρωποι anthropoi ánthropi ˈanθropi γεννιούνται genniountai yeniúnde ʝeˈɲunde ελεύθεροι...
- αδελφοσύνης. Transcription of the example text into Latin alphabet: Óloi oi ánthropoi gennioúntai eléftheroi kai ísoi stin axioprépeia kai ta dikaiómata. Eínai...
- natural and something beautiful." The phrase ἦθος ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων (ethos anthropoi daimon) is attributed to Hera****us. It is variously translated as "a...
- In a letter written in 363, Libanius says the city contains 150,000 anthrôpoi (plural of anthropos, human) a word which would ordinarily mean all human...
- part in many Gr**** comedies in cinema. Rizos began his career with Anthropoi, anthropoi in 1948 at the Metropolitan Theatre. He founded his own company in...
- Again, Than****akis o politevomenos, I theia ap' to Chicago, Dikoi mas Anthropoi, Ena votsalo sti limni, Kalos ilthe to dollario, Ta kitrina gantia, Otan...
- had -oisi, which appears in early Attic but later simplifies to -ois: anthropois "to or for the men". classical Attic may refer either to the varieties...
- Senate and people of Rome" Spanish: tenerlo "to have it" Ancient Gr****: ánthrōpoí (-te) theoí -te "people (and) gods and" = "(both) men and gods" Sanskrit:...