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simial

simial adjective: simian; apelike.

Adjective

simial (comparative more simial, superlative most simial)

  1. (archaic) simian; apelike
    • It is these leaping tree-snakes probably which have given to monkeys their frantic terror at sight of a snake; and if in the anthropoid period any superior monkey and monkeyess had gained a securer place, defended by precipices from quadrupedal beasts, they might still have found one of these...1878 July 20, “African Magnates in London: The King of Bonny and the Liberian Premier Seeing European Civilization”, in The Daily Gazette, volume LXXXVI, number 292, Wilmington, Del., page [3]...

Forms of simial

comparativemore simial
superlativemost simial

Questions about simial

What does simial mean?
Simial means simian; apelike.
What part of speech is simial?
Simial is an adjective.

Words near simial in the dictionary

  1. Simhath Torah
  2. simheuristic
  3. simheuristics
  4. simi
  5. Simi Valley
  6. simial
  7. simian
  8. simian crease
  9. simian creases
  10. simian immunodeficiency virus
  11. simian immunodeficiency viruses

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