ANTHROPOID


Meaning of ANTHROPOID in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. resembling a human being in form.

2 colloq. (of a person) apelike.

--n. a being that is human in form only, esp. an anthropoid ape.

Etymology: Gk anthropoeides (as ANTHROPO-, -OID)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.