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Adjective: anthropoid  'an-thru,poyd
  1. Resembling human beings
    "The anthropoid robot moved with eerily human-like gestures";
    - manlike
     
  2. Resembling apes
    "The anthropoid features of early hominids are evident in fossil records";
    - anthropoidal, apelike
Noun: anthropoid  'an-thru,poyd
  1. Any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
    "Orangutans are anthropoids native to the rainforests of Indonesia"
     
  2. Person who resembles a nonhuman primate
    "His hunched posture and long arms made him look like an anthropoid";
    - ape

Derived forms: anthropoids

See also: human, nonhuman

Type of: misfit, primate

Encyclopedia: Anthropoid