Monkeylike
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Monkeylike is an adjective meaning Resembling or similar to a monkey.
Meaning
Resembling or similar to a monkey.
More Meanings
- In the manner of a monkey.
Example Sentences
a monkeylike skull
monkeylike curiosity
It is hard to picture a wee monkeylike adult creature weighing no more than an ounce. But fossils of the 55.8 million-year-old animal, the earliest known primate to inhabit North America, have emerged from coastal sediments in Mississippi.
Synonyms for monkeylike
Depending on context, synonyms include monkeyish.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include simian, doglike, batlike, badgerlike, chimpanzoid, simial.
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