— anthropoidal , adj.
/an"threuh poyd'/ , adj.
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. Cf. prosimian .
n.
3. See anthropoid ape .
[ 1825-35; anthropoeidés in the shape of a man. See ANTHROPO-, -OID ]