What is resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape called?
anthropoid — Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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