anthropomorphous

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Would it be fog or light that would envelop the history of man if we say that the existence of man was explained by the hypothesis of his gradual evolution from a primitive anthropomorphous form? 

From Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals by Butler, Samuel

The manner of roasting these anthropomorphous animals contributes to render their appearance extremely disagreeable in the eyes of civilized man.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von

We were everywhere blamed, in the most cultivated class of society, for being the only persons to doubt the existence of the great anthropomorphous monkey of America.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von

Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

But affliction makes opposing forces loom anthropomorphous; and those ideas were now exchanged for a sense of Jude and herself fleeing from a persecutor.

From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas