Lexic.us

Definition of Simian

1. Adjective. Relating to or resembling an ape. "Simian features"

Definition of Simian

1. a. Of or pertaining to the family Simiadæ, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike.

Definition of Simian

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to apes; apely. ¹

2. Adjective. Bearing resemblance to an ape. ¹

3. Noun. A monkey or an ape, especially an anthropoid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Simian

1. an ape or monkey [n -S]

Medical Definition of Simian

1. Of or pertaining to the family Simiadae, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike. Any Old World monkey or ape. Origin: L. Simia an ape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Simian

Literary usage of Simian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"The laboratory provides serological and virologi- cal testing of nonhuman primates for the exogenous simian retroviruses: simian immunodeficiency virus ..."

2. Evolution and Dogma by John Augustine Zahm (1896)
"THE simian ORIGIN OF MAN. The Missing Link. ANOTH ER question in connection with Evolution which has attracted even greater attention than spontaneous ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... OU TUBER anterior part of the occipital lobe has a well-marked vertical sulcus, called the simian sulcus or ..."

4. In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... did not hunt the animals—Birds—The simian tribe—Reptiles and insects—The small bees and the beetles—The "jigger"'—Night disturbances by falling trees, ..."

5. In Darkest Africa Or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... did not hunt the animals—Birds—The simian tribe—Reptiles and insects—The small bees and the beetles—The " jigger "—Night disturbances by falling trees, ..."

6. In Darkest Africa by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... we did not hunt the animals—Birds—The simian tribe—Reptiles and insects—The small bees and the beetles—The "jigger"—Night disturbances by falling trees, ..."

7. Christian Faith in an Age of Science by William North Rice (1903)
"his simian ancestry ever existed. We have already seen* that there is reason ... Profiles of human and simian skulls. The skulls are all reduced to the same ..."

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