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Definition of: anthropoid
(an′thrə·poid) adjective
1. Like a human being in form or other characteristics; manlike: said of the highest apes, as the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orang.
2. Zool. Of or pertaining to a suborder of primate mammals, including man, apes, and monkeys (Anthropoidea). Also an′thro·poid′al.
—noun An anthropoid ape.
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