ape-man

ape-man

(āp′măn′)n.1. Any of various extinct primates considered to be close relatives or ancestors of modern humans and having some characteristics of nonhuman apes. Not in scientific use.2. A brawny or crude man.

ape-man

(ˈeɪpˌmæn)

n., pl. -men. 1. a hypothetical primate representing a transitional form between true humans and the anthropoid apes, considered by some as constituting the genus Australopithecus. 2. a human assumed to have been reared by apes. [1875–80]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ape-man - hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beingsmissing linkprimitive, primitive person - a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
	2.	ape-man - a person assumed to have been raised by apesferal man, wild man - a person who is not socialized