anthropomorphous

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All the expressions which had attached a living force to natural objects would remain as the description of personal and anthropomorphous gods.

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.

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

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

Gratiolet, Prof., on the anthropomorphous apes; on the evolution of the anthropomorphous apes; on the difference in the development of the brains of apes and of man.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

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 anthropomorphous apes, namely the gorilla, chimpanzee, orang, and hylobates, are by most naturalists separated from the other Old World monkeys, as a distinct sub-group.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles