Definition of "anthropoids" []

• Plural form of anthropoid. (noun)

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• "In the past, primates without a grooming claw were classified as anthropoids, along with humans, monkeys and apes."
• "Instead, I asked what Fleagle and Beard thought about the actual argument in the paper, which has to do with where humans, apes, and monkeys (known as anthropoids) fit in the primate family tree."
• "Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes - known as anthropoids - evolved from primates in"