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Ape-man

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Noun

1. ape-man, missing link

hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings

2. ape-man

a person assumed to have been raised by apes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ape-man

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nounWord forms: plural ˈapeˌmen (ˈeɪpˌmɛn ; āpˈmenˌ)
any of several extinct primates, as a pithecanthropine, with structural characteristics intermediate between ape and man

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ape-man

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n.
1. Any of various extinct primates considered to be close relatives or ancestors of modern humans and having some characteristics of nonhuman apes. Not in scientific use.
2. A brawny or crude man.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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