Main Entry: an·thro·poid

Pronunciation: \ˈan(t)-thrə-ˌpȯid\

Function: noun

Etymology: Greek anthrōpoeidēs resembling a human, from anthrōpos

Date: 1832

1 : any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (as macaques and marmosets); especially : ape 1b
2 : a person resembling an ape <the howling anthropoids of the Hookworm Belt — H. L. Mencken>

— anthropoid adjective