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anthropoid
CIDE DICTIONARY
anthropoid, a. [Gr. man + -oid.].
Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
anthropoid, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 resembling a human being in form.
2 colloq. (of a person) apelike.
--n. a being that is human in form only, esp. an anthropoid ape.
--adj.
1 resembling a human being in form.
2 colloq. (of a person) apelike.
--n. a being that is human in form only, esp. an anthropoid ape.
Etymology
Gk anthropoeides (as ANTHROPO-, -OID)
THESAURUS
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, troglodyteROGET THESAURUS
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Mankind
N man, mankind, human race, human species, human kind, human nature, humanity, mortality, flesh, generation, anthropology, anthropogeny, anthropography, anthroposophy, ethnology, ethnography, humanitarian, human being, person, personage, individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody, one, such a one, some one, soul, living soul, earthling, party, head, hand, dramatis personae, quidam, people, persons, folk, public, society, world, community, community at large, general public, nation, nationality, state, realm, commonweal, commonwealth, republic, body politic, million, population, tribe, clan (paternity), family (consanguinity), cosmopolite, lords of the creation, ourselves, human, mortal, personal, individual, national, civic, public, social, cosmopolitan, anthropoid, am I not a man and a brother?.For further exploring for "anthropoid" in Webster Dictionary Online