- a variation of anthropomorphic.
anthropomorphous
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Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile.
From The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
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 Charles Darwin
Whether the adult anthropomorphous apes, in the males of whom the canines are much larger than in the females, uncover them when prepared to fight, is not known.
From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
Would it be fog or light that would envelop the history of man if we said that the existence of man was explained by the hypothesis of his gradual evolution from a primitive anthropomorphous form?
From Unconscious Memory by Samuel Butler
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 Samuel Butler