pithecoid
/pith-i-koid, pi-thee-koid/US // ˈpɪθ ɪˌkɔɪd, pɪˈθi kɔɪd //
蝮蛇,褐藻类,蝮蛇座,蝮蛇牌
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : belonging or pertaining to the genus Pithecia and related genera, including the saki monkeys.
- : apelike; monkeylike.
Examples
The chief difficulty in assigning the possessor of the Mauer jaw to a pithecoid stock has been mentioned already.
Their life is higher than that of the pithecoid lower and middle savages, but less than that of the barbarians.
Even our human organism has arisen in the same natural manner, by gradual transformation, from a group of pithecoid mammals.
By this the male hand becomes more ape-like, as the long arm also is a pithecoid (ape-like) characteristic.
Only, the nasal index is somewhat smaller; on the whole, the nose has in its separate parts a decidedly pithecoid form.
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