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An anthropoid ape.

Anthropoid.

The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.

The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.

r all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.

A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

A west African anthropoid ape (Troglodytes koolokamba, or T. Aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.

Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.

A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.

An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang. [Written also orang- outan, orang-utan, ourang-utang, and oran-utan.]

A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man and the anthropoid apes. Haeckel.

Of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes in particular, or to the higher apes of the Old World, collectively.

a and adjacent islands. They are not larger than sparrows. Pygmy chimpanzee, a species of anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus) resembling the chimpanzee, but somewhat smaller; also called bonobo. It is considered (1996) as having the closest genetic relationship to humans of any other animal. It is found in forests in Zaire,…

An African anthropoid ape, supposed to be a variety of the chimpanzee.

An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.

A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also tscheigo, tschiego, nschego, nscheigo.