Ape-person
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A non-human australopithecine; an ape-like precursor to modern humans.
"The openings of these huts and the branches of the trees were thronged with a dense mob of ape-people, whom from their size I took to be the females and infants of the tribe."
Example
More examples"The openings of these huts and the branches of the trees were thronged with a dense mob of ape-people, whom from their size I took to be the females and infants of the tribe."
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