Having two legs: usually as an epithet suggestive of a human being having the qualities of the animal named. Also figurative.

Resembling a human being; anthropoid.

That goes about in the form of a living creature. Frequently in figurative or similative expressions. Referring to a person who (or thing which)…

Of human shape.

Resembling a human or humans. Cf. humanoid, adj. 2.

Of human form; having a shape resembling that of a human being.

That has a human form; = anthropomorphous, adj. 1.

Of a primate: manlike; (originally) designating an ape; (in later use) spec. belonging to the group Anthropoidea (see sense B. 2).

Of a thing, animal, etc.: made into a person; having or given human form or character. Cf. personify, v. 2. Obsolete. rare.

= bimanous, adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of apes, or primates of the group Anthropoidea (see anthropoid, n. 2); = anthropoid, adj. 2.

With human form; having human characteristics.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of hominoids; belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea.

Resembling a human being, esp. a man. rare.