单词 | man-ape |
释义 | > as lemmasman-ape man-ape n. now chiefly historical a primate with both human and ape-like characteristics; esp. a fossil hominid of the genus Australopithecus; cf. apeman n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Pongidae (ape) babiona1529 jackanapes1528 Johnanapes1633 man-monkey1651 ape1699 pygmy1699 Simia1719 great ape1771 anthropoid1861 pithecoid1874 man-ape1878 pongid1949 pithecine1962 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 44 The myriads of years which have elapsed since the man-apes began to stand upright. 1925 Nature 7 Feb. 195 (title) Australopithecus africanus: the man-ape of South Africa. 1973 B. J. Williams Evol. & Human Origins ix. 135/2 Dart and a colleague, Dr. Robert Broorn, continued their work on the South African ‘man-apes’. 1991 P. Matthiessen Afr. Silences i. 49 In fact, agrogwe—which the Africans regard as a small man-ape—have been reported from many forest regions all across tropical Africa. < as lemmas |
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