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SIMIAN
(noun) an ape or monkey
(adj.) relating to or resembling an ape
"simian features"
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Mnemonics for simian
(Tag: ) simian like simi(lar)/SAME + an ( only one) and nearly similar to mankind is the monkey or ape and that is why simian.
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(Tag: ) SIMIAN - SIMI = SIMILAR and MIAN or MAN, therefore the word SIMIAN means something similar to man. As the ape, gorilla and the chimpanzee are ancestors of man they are termed as SIMIANS.
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(Tag: ) simian...think how cricketer symonds look.he looks like a monkey...ttherefore symonds is a simian...
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Origin
Early 17th century. < Latin simia "ape" < Greek simos "snub-nosed"] added by bimal03
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