I’m just curious to see if the term anthropoid is gone. vandalhooch. From Wordnik.com. [Is One "King Kong" Movie worth 1000 Darwin Exhibits? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Our closest primate relatives are the Pongidae, the so-called anthropoid apes, including the chimpanzee and the gorilla. From Wordnik.com. [C. Human Origins (4 Million to 1.8 Million Years Ago)] Reference
He took another step toward the ruined anthropoid. From Wordnik.com. [A Corridor in the Asylum] Reference
Here we find distinct mention of three anthropoid apes. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
He returned in a moment with an anthropoid ape in a cage. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Man] Reference
Also anthropoid pottery sarcophagi, an idea imported from Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [How to Observe in Archaeology] Reference
The head was less anthropoid, round, with flat face tapering to a narrow chin. From Wordnik.com. [Ensign Flandry]
He wiped his lower lip and considered braining the anthropoid sot with a chair. From Wordnik.com. [Icerigger]
An anthropoid with blade and scute in place of hands could not crawl very well. From Wordnik.com. [A Circus of Hells]
LYNCH: (LAUGHS) And to such delights has Metchnikoff inoculated anthropoid apes. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
The most anthropoid reconstruction I've seen shows a kind of two-legged crocagator. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen of Air and Darkness]
Among other extremely significant finds was an assemblage of anthropoid clay coffins. From Wordnik.com. [Trude Dothan.] Reference
It spans the chasm between the anthropoid ape and man as no other bridge can span it. From Wordnik.com. [Life: Its True Genesis] Reference
Surely the Friends were anthropoid so that the mix between them and the friends produced us. From Wordnik.com. [Acorna's Search]
Swiftly the terrible strength of the anthropoid overcame the leverage of braced arm and knee. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian]
Swiftly the teirible strength of the anthropoid overcame the leverage of braced arm and knee. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Freebooter]
No one, however, appeared sanguine of success, the anthropoid keeps his distance from the Fán. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
Peppermint - balls for grizzly bears are to be discontinued; also egg-nogg for anthropoid apes. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917] Reference
Within that mist an anthropoid, bow-legged, squat, long-armed, hairy and toothy thing took shape. From Wordnik.com. [The Swordbearer]
Another complete anthropoid sarcophagus from the same site at Sidon has been sent to Constantinople. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
There would be an innumerable host of anthropoid brutes, in many parts of the world, in all gradations. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
Remotely gleamed other immobile forms, including a duplicate of the hippoid and three of the anthropoid. From Wordnik.com. [A Circus of Hells]
"The anthropoid ape wasn't exactly a monkey, although he may have looked and acted like one," laughed Donald. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
Dr. Osborn says that the Heidelberg man "shows no trace of being intermediate between man and the anthropoid ape.". From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
Behind them came Dobby, ambling along in his comical, anthropoid stride and humming snatches of unintelligible tunes. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
In most languages, 'ape' means a more or less anthropoid animal, fairly bright though without tools or a true speech. From Wordnik.com. [do you ever read writing?] Reference
His long arms, four-fingered hands, and blocky torso might be considered anthropoid, if one overlooked innumerable details. From Wordnik.com. [Three Worlds to Conquer]
His long arms, four-fingered hands, and blocky torso might be con'sidered anthropoid, if one overlooked innumerable details. From Wordnik.com. [Three Worlds To Conquer]
Xenosophonts who resembled humans occasionally had that effect on the latter; and Aycharaych was more anthropoid than Uldwyr. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
Above them, the shrill scream of an anthropoid suddenly pierced the dark night as its tree home was sent crashing to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolt on Venus] Reference
In this remarkable genesis we have a bridge that spans the chasm between the man and the anthropoid ape as no other bridge spans it. From Wordnik.com. [Life: Its True Genesis] Reference
He belonged to the family of anthropoid apes, of which the facial angle is not much inferior to that of the Australians and Hottentots. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysterious Island] Reference
Beard was also puzzled that the authors did not compare Darwinius to an important early anthropoid fossil Beard found, known as Eosimias. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinius: It delivers a pizza, and it lengthens, and it strengthens, and it finds that slipper that’s been at large under the chaise lounge for several weeks…] Reference
I checked with astral anthropology, and they're order 480-G, anthropoid, similarto life forms discoveredon Hansen's Planet, but much larger. From Wordnik.com. [The Galileo Seven] Reference
Its feet and hands were more manlike than those of a gorilla, the great toes and thumbs being more like those of man than of the anthropoid. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Wanderer]
On first glance, this species seemed like another average task: anthropoid, medium-brained, clueless about any realm beyond the third dimension. From Wordnik.com. [5000 years] Reference
It is to this family of the anthropoid apes that so many characteristics belong which prove them to be possessed of an almost human intelligence. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysterious Island] Reference
She wondered how it would all work out: the amalgamating of two radically different species, an unprecedented fusion of arthropod and anthropoid. From Wordnik.com. [Diuturnity's Dawn]
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