Anthropoidea
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos) + -oidea. Compare Anthropidae.
Proper noun
Anthropoidea
- (archaic) A taxonomic suborder within the order Primates – simians (Simiiformes).
Coordinate terms
- (archaic suborder): Lemuroidea
References
- Anthropoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Simiiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “Anthropoidea”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Anthropoidea”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.