pithecoid

[ pith-i-koid, pi-thee-koid ]

/ ˈpɪθ ɪˌkɔɪd, pɪˈθi kɔɪd /

belonging or pertaining to the genus Pithecia and related genera, including the saki monkeys.

(loosely) apelike; monkeylike.

Origin of pithecoid

1860–65; < New Latin pithēc(us) ape (< Greek píthēkos) + -oid

Even our human organism has arisen in the same natural manner, by gradual transformation, from a group of pithecoid mammals.

The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century |Ernst Haeckel
Huxley attributed this hesitation of Lyell to his "profound antipathy" to the doctrine of the "pithecoid origin of man."

Darwin and Modern Science |A.C. Seward and Others
Your term, "pithecoid man," is a whole paper and theory in itself.

More Letters of Charles Darwin |Charles Darwin
The primordial anthropoid was probably, in this respect, on much the same footing as his pithecoid kin.

Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions |Thomas H. Huxley

By this the male hand becomes more ape-like, as the long arm also is a pithecoid (ape-like) characteristic.

Woman and Socialism |August Bebel

pithecoid

[ pĭth′ĭ-koid′, pī-thē′koid ]

Resembling or relating to the apes, especially the anthropoid apes.

pithecoid

[ pĭth′ĭ-koid′, pī-thē′koid ]

Resembling or relating to the apes, especially the anthropoid apes.