ape-person
ape-person noun: a non-human australopithecine; an ape-like precursor to modern humans.
Noun
ape-person (plural ape-people or ape-persons)
- A non-human australopithecine; an ape-like precursor to modern humans.
- The openings of these huts and the branches of the trees were thronged with a dense mob of ape-people, whom from their size I took to be the females and infants of the tribe.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- The earliest fossils that can be classified as ape-persons have been found in South Africa and they date back about 5.5 million years.1982, James J. O’Donnell, Earthly Matters: A Study of Our Planet, New York, N.Y.: Julian Messner, →ISBN, page 171
Forms of ape-person
| plural | ape-people |
|---|---|
| plural | ape-persons |
Questions about ape-person
- What does ape-person mean?
- Ape-person means a non-human australopithecine; an ape-like precursor to modern humans.
- What part of speech is ape-person?
- Ape-person is a noun.
- What is the plural of ape-person?
- The plural of ape-person is ape-people.
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