anthropoid ape

Noun

Meaning

any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

gibbon chimpanzee hominid tailless siamang

Hypernyms

ape

Hyponyms

great ape lesser ape pongid

Examples

The big toe is the most human part of the human body, in the sense that no other element of this body is as differentiated from the corresponding element of the anthropoid ape (chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan or gibbon). Georges Bataille

Close letter words and terms

anthropographical anthropography anthropoid anthropoidal anthropoidea anthropolater