anthropoid

anthropoid

CEFR: C1-C2 /an-thro-poid/ [no ipa available]

Definition: Resembling a human being in form;Relating to the group of higher primates, which includes monkeys, apes, and humans

Example Sentences:
Archaeologists and site-workers anxiously probed into the sand and uncover three magnificently carved unidentified wooden anthropoid sarcophagi dating back to the 26th Dynasty.
Fundamental questions remain to be answered about anthropoid origins in Asia and Africa.