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monkeykind

monkeykind noun: all monkeys, collectively.

Noun

monkeykind (uncountable)

  1. All monkeys, collectively.
    • Mankind at the lowest point where monkey-kind is at its highest.1850, Robert Southey, Southey's Common-place Book - Volume 3, page 809
    • There is no instance on record where a baboon ever evolved into a human being, and science in attempting to unearth a "missing link" which it is claimed will connect mankind with monkeykind, is like a blind man hunting through a haystack to find a needle which isn't there.1882, F.D. Richards (publisher), The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star - Volume 44, page 298

Origin of monkeykind

From monkey + -kind.

Questions about monkeykind

What does monkeykind mean?
Monkeykind means all monkeys, collectively.
What part of speech is monkeykind?
Monkeykind is a noun.

Words near monkeykind in the dictionary

  1. monkeyish
  2. monkeyishly
  3. monkeyishness
  4. monkeyism
  5. monkeyisms
  6. monkeykind
  7. monkeyless
  8. monkeylike
  9. monkeynut
  10. monkeynuts
  11. monkeypatch

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