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anthropoid - Dictionary definition and meaning for anthropoid

ANTHROPOID

(noun) any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
Zoo authorities are looking for the three anthropoids that escaped yesterday. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) person who resembles a nonhuman primate
synonyms : ape
The children started crying when the ape entered the train and sat opposite them. -added by naila_inlas
The naughty boys snatched the anthropoid’s bag and knocked him down. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) resembling human beings
synonyms : manlike
Orangutans and gorillas are anthropoid apes. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) resembling apes
synonyms : anthropoidal , apelike
The man’s anthropoid features subject him to mockery. -added by naila_inlas

Selected Mnemonic for anthropoid

(Tag: Global) root "anthro" in this word means "human" and hence something resembling human beings.
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Mnemonics for anthropoid

(Tag: ) Many of u must be knowing that anthropology is study of human beings. I think anthropoid is the root word for anthropology.
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Origin

anthropos [mankind] + id [identity] => anthropoid means having resemblance of mankind. added by gunjanshah

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