Definitions for ape-manˈeɪpˌmæn
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ape-manˈeɪpˌmæn(n.)(pl.)-men.
a hypothetical primate representing a transitional form between true humans and the anthropoid apes, considered by some as constituting the genus
Australopithecus.
Category: Physical Anthropology
a human assumed to have been reared by apes.
Origin of ape-man:
1875–80
Princeton's WordNet
missing link, ape-man(noun)
hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings
ape-man(noun)
a person assumed to have been raised by apes
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