An`thro`poid´e`a
| n. pl. | 1. | (Zool.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Anthropoidea - monkeys; apes; hominids animal order - the order of animals order Primates, Primates - an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings anthropoid ape - any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae Hominoidea, superfamily Hominoidea - anthropoid apes and human beings family Hominidae, Hominidae - modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man family Pongidae, Pongidae - usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons family Hylobatidae, Hylobatidae - used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae Cercopithecidae, family Cercopithecidae - Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey Platyrrhini, superfamily Platyrrhini - New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin |
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