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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Anthropoid \An"thro*poid\, adjective [Gr. ? man + -oid.] Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: adjective 1: resembling apes [syn: {anthropoidal}, {apelike}] 2: resembling human beings [syn: {manlike}] noun 1: person who resembles a non-human primate [syn: {ape}] 2: any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 28 Moby Thesaurus words for "anthropoid": Bronze Age man, Hominidae, Iron Age man, Stone Age man, aboriginal, aborigine, ancient, antediluvian, anthropomorphic, anthropopathic, ape-man, autochthon, bushman, cave dweller, caveman, fossil man, hominid, humanoid, man of old, manlike, missing link, preadamite, prehistoric man, prehuman, primate, primitive, protohuman, troglodyte
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