simian

Example Sentences

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Almost everyone reading this will recognize the slender, ponytailed figure who became a close friend and protector of the simian species most closely related to ours.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2025

He insults himself in the first minute of the movie, and from then on wears his humiliations like a Purple Heart pinned to his hairy, simian chest.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

Athapol said people shouldn’t see monkeys as villians, saying that the authorities might have not been efficient enough in their work to control the simian population.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024

The simian ones came from field recordings made as part of previous research.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

He wanted to look at the cells in his electron microscope to try to find some visual evidence that they were infected with simian fever.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston