anthropoid ape

anthropoid ape

n

(Zoology) 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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an′thropoid ape′

n.

any ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae, anatomically resembling humans and comprising the gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons, and siamangs.

[1830–40]

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anthropoid ape - any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae ape - any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all Anthropoidea, suborder Anthropoidea - monkeys; apes; hominids great ape, pongid - any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae lesser ape - gibbons and siamangs

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Translations

anthropoïde