apish
Example Sentences
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The shoulders were apish too, and the widely flaring blades of the pelvis were as primitive as Lucy’s—but the bottom of the same pelvis looked like a modern human’s.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 10, 2015
According to evolutionary theorists , we probably owe these unsavory blemishes to our having lost our apish pelts too rapidly for our own good.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2011
But unlike its apish kin, it had a clearly human characteristic.
From Time Magazine Archive
The original Pithecanthropus consisted of an apish skull, a very human thighbone, a few "ambiguous" teeth.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Henry perceived the apish minion thus upon his track he burst out into a laugh.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy
