- suborder Anthropoidea
- nounmonkeys; apes; hominids• Syn: ↑Anthropoidea• Hypernyms: ↑animal order• Member Holonyms: ↑Primates, ↑order Primates• Member Meronyms:
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suborder Anthropoidea
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Anthropoidea — noun monkeys; apes; hominids • Syn: ↑suborder Anthropoidea • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Primates, ↑order Primates • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Anthropoidea — An thro*poid e*a, n. pl. [NL. See {Anthropoid}.] (Zo[ o]l.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Anthropoidea — A suborder of the mammalian order Primates, that comprises the families Cebidae (New World monkeys), Callithricidae (marmosets), Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), Pongidae (gibbons, gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans), and Hominidae… … Medical dictionary
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
order Primates — noun an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings • Syn: ↑Primates • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Primates — noun an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑order Primates • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria … Useful english dictionary
Hominoidea — noun anthropoid apes and human beings • Syn: ↑superfamily Hominoidea • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Anthropoidea, ↑suborder Anthropoidea • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Hominoidea — A superfamily of the Primates including the anthropoid apes and humans. Divided into the families Pongidae (anthropoid apes) and Hominidae (humans). [L. homo (homin ), man, + G. eidos, form] * * * Hom·i·noi·dea .häm ə nȯid ē ə n pl 1) in some… … Medical dictionary
anthropoid ape — noun any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae • Hypernyms: ↑ape • Hyponyms: ↑great ape, ↑pongid, ↑lesser ape • Member Holonyms: ↑Anthropoidea, ↑suborder Anthropoidea … Useful english dictionary
Cercopithecidae — noun Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey • Syn: ↑family Cercopithecidae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Anthropoidea … Useful english dictionary
