Definitions for anthropoid

anthropoid an·thro·poid

Spelling: [an-thruh-poid]
IPA: /ˈæn θrəˌpɔɪd/

Anthropoid is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 669 anagrams from letters in anthropoid (adhinooprt).

Definitions for anthropoid

noun

  1. anthropoid ape.

adjective

  1. resembling humans.
  2. belonging or pertaining to the primate suborder Anthropoidea, characterized by a relatively flat face, dry nose, small immobile ears, and forward-facing eyes, comprising humans, apes, Old World monkeys, and New World monkeys. Compare prosimian.

Origin of anthropoid

First recorded in 1825-35, anthropoid is from the Greek word anthropoeidḗs in the shape of a man. See anthropo-, -oid

Examples for anthropoid

Do you know how the muscles are in this part in the anthropoid apes?

They summoned Mr. Rizzo and desired him to spell the word “anthropoid.”

The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets.

Bentley rose and looked down at the anthropoid for several seconds.

A white foam dripped from the chattering lips of the anthropoid.

In and among the rest he inserted the words “rhinoceros” and “anthropoid.”

In the anthropoid ape we already find the family, but not the clan.

From these last, anthropoid apes and man have, he believes, been evolved.

Well, I am not only a noble, but a king; why should not I also have an anthropoid as a butler and valet?'

This left them, in the end, with “rhinoceros” and “anthropoid.”

Word Value for anthropoid
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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