Definition of "anthropoid" []

• Resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance. (adjective)
• Of or belonging to the group of great apes of the family Pongidae, which includes the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan. (adjective)
• Resembling or characteristic of an ape; apelike. (adjective)
• An ape of the family Pongidae. Also called anthropoid ape. (noun)

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• "I’m just curious to see if the term anthropoid is gone. vandalhooch"
• "The Yorubans at once recognize the picture; they call the anthropoid “Nákí;” and they declare that, when it seizes a man, it tears the fingers asunder."
• "The Yorubans at once recognize the picture; they call the anthropoid "Nákí;" and they declare that, when it seizes a man, it tears the fingers asunder."