anthropoidea (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Anthropoidea*:
NOUN	animal	Anthropoidea, suborder Anthropoidea	monkeys

English > *Anthropoidea*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	monkeys; apes; hominids.
Synonym	suborder Anthropoidea
Member of	Primates, order Primates	An animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
Members	Cercopithecidae, family Cercopithecidae	(Old World monkeys) guenon
	Hominidae, family Hominidae	modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man
	Hominoidea, superfamily Hominoidea	anthropoid apes and human beings
	Hylobatidae, family Hylobatidae	Used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs)
	Platyrrhini, superfamily Platyrrhini	(New World monkeys) capuchin
	Pongidae, family Pongidae	usually considered as comprising orangutans
	anthropoid ape	Any tailless ape of the families ... / families Pongidae and Hylobatidae
Broader	animal order	The order of animals
Spanish	Anthropoidea, antropoides, suborden Anthropoidea
Catalan	antropoides

HyperDic: anthropoidea