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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 apesApe 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.
AnthropoideaAnthropoidea 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.
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