anthropoid ape

[ an thruh-poid eyp ]

/ ˈæn θrəˌpɔɪd ˈeɪp /

noun

any member of the former taxonomic suborder Anthropoidea, under which New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes, including humans, were grouped: modern classification groups these under the suborder Haplorhini along with the tarsiers.

Also called anthropoid .

Origin of anthropoid ape

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby anthropoid ape

anthropogenesis, anthropogenic, anthropogeography, anthropography, anthropoid, anthropoid ape, Anthropoidea, anthropoid pelvis, anthropol., anthropolatry, anthropological linguistics

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Example sentences from the Web for anthropoid ape

We may assume that the precursor of man had arrived at the anthropoid-ape level by the middle of the Miocene period.
The Story of Evolution|Joseph McCabe

British Dictionary definitions for anthropoid ape

anthropoid ape

noun

any primate of the family Pongidae, having no tail, elongated arms, and a highly developed brain. The group includes gibbons, orang-utans, chimpanzees, and gorillas

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Scientific definitions for anthropoid ape

anthropoid ape

[ ăn′thrə-poid′ ]

A primate belonging to the family Pongidae, which includes the chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and orangutan. Orangutans are arboreal whereas the other three species are terrestrial or semiarboreal. Anthropoid apes move in trees mainly by arm-swinging and on the ground by quadrupedal walking in which the upper body weight is borne on the knuckles. Also called great ape pongid Compare hominid.

单词	anthropoid ape
释义	anthropoid ape [ an thruh-poid eyp ] / ˈæn θrəˌpɔɪd ˈeɪp / noun any member of the former taxonomic suborder Anthropoidea, under which New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes, including humans, were grouped: modern classification groups these under the suborder Haplorhini along with the tarsiers. Also called anthropoid . Origin of anthropoid ape First recorded in 1830–40 Words nearby anthropoid ape anthropogenesis, anthropogenic, anthropogeography, anthropography, anthropoid, anthropoid ape, Anthropoidea, anthropoid pelvis, anthropol., anthropolatry, anthropological linguistics Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for anthropoid ape We may assume that the precursor of man had arrived at the anthropoid-ape level by the middle of the Miocene period. The Story of Evolution\|Joseph McCabe British Dictionary definitions for anthropoid ape anthropoid ape noun any primate of the family Pongidae, having no tail, elongated arms, and a highly developed brain. The group includes gibbons, orang-utans, chimpanzees, and gorillas Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for anthropoid ape anthropoid ape [ ăn′thrə-poid′ ] A primate belonging to the family Pongidae, which includes the chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and orangutan. Orangutans are arboreal whereas the other three species are terrestrial or semiarboreal. Anthropoid apes move in trees mainly by arm-swinging and on the ground by quadrupedal walking in which the upper body weight is borne on the knuckles. Also called great ape pongid Compare hominid. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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