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missing links

missing links is the plural of missing link.

Meaning of missing link

Noun

missing link (plural missing links)

  1. (colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.
    • "In the latter case, he may well approximate to what the vulgar have called the 'missing link'."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    proanthropos
  2. (figuratively) Any sought-after or valuable intermediary figure or position.
    • What we need is an artist who is also a scientist; or a scientist who thinks like an artist. And at last I can unveil that missing link of art and science!2010 February 4, Jonathan Jones, “Art v science – at last, the missing link”, in The Guardian

Questions about missing links

What is missing links the plural of?
Missing links is the plural of missing link.

Words near missing links in the dictionary

  1. missing fire
  2. missing heritability
  3. missing in action
  4. missing in time
  5. missing link
  6. missing links
  7. missing man formation
  8. missing man formations
  9. missing market
  10. missing markets
  11. missing middle

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