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anthropoid

/ˈænθɹəpɔɪd/

anthropoid adjective: having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance.

Adjective

anthropoid (comparative more anthropoid, superlative most anthropoid)

  1. Having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance.
    • “And I am sorry for the man she loves,” said the girl, “for he loves her. I never met him, but from what Jane tells me he must be a very wonderful person. It seems that he was born in an African jungle, and brought up by fierce, anthropoid apes.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 102
    • The origin and development of language led to the differentiation of man from all other forms of animal life. Without this form of thought-communication and preservation man would never have achieved any higher degree of cerebration than the anthropoid ape.1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 4
    1. Of the pelvis, having an anteroposterior diameter equal or exceeding the transverse diameter.
  2. Having characteristics of an ape.

Noun

anthropoid (plural anthropoids)

  1. An anthropoid animal.
    • The tribe of anthropoids over which Kerchak ruled with an iron hand and bared fangs, numbered some six or eight families, each family consisting of an adult male with his females and their young, numbering in all some sixty or seventy apes.1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 1, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert]...
    • Here and there a little group of shattered Indians marked where one of the anthropoids had turned to bay, and sold his life dearly.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

anthropoid meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

anthropoid in Tamil

குரங்குமாந்தர், மாந்தக் குரங்கு, மனிதக்குரங்கு, மனிதனைப்போன்ற மனித உருவான

anthropoid in Urdu

آدَم نُما, انسان سے مُشابَہ, آدَم جیسا

anthropoid in Bengali

মানুষের বৈশিষ্ট্য থাকা, সাধারণত আকৃতি, চেহারার দিক থেকে

anthropoid in Malayalam

മനുഷ്യക്കുരങ്ങ്, മനുഷ്യനെപ്പോലെയുള്ള

Forms of anthropoid

Adjective
comparativemore anthropoid
superlativemost anthropoid
Noun
pluralanthropoids

Origin of anthropoid

From Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποειδής (anthrōpoeidḗs). By surface analysis, anthrop- + -oid.

Questions about anthropoid

What does anthropoid mean?
Anthropoid means having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance.
What is anthropoid in Tamil?
Anthropoid in Tamil is குரங்குமாந்தர், மாந்தக் குரங்கு, மனிதக்குரங்கு. See Anthropoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anthropoid?
Anthropoid can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce anthropoid?
Anthropoid is pronounced /ˈænθɹəpɔɪd/.

Words near anthropoid in the dictionary

  1. anthropographer
  2. anthropographers
  3. anthropographic
  4. anthropographical
  5. anthropography
  6. anthropoid
  7. anthropoidal
  8. anthropoids
  9. anthropol
  10. anthropolater
  11. anthropolaters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anthropoid (page history and authors); anthropoid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anthropoid (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anthropoid (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anthropoid (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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