ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Simial

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Simial is an adjective meaning (archaic) simian; apelike.

Meaning

(archaic) simian; apelike.

Example Sentences

It is these leaping tree-snakes probably which have given to monkeys their frantic terror at sight of a snake; and if in the anthropoid period any superior monkey and monkeyess had gained a securer place, defended by precipices from quadrupedal beasts, they might still have found one of these Leapers in their simial Eden.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include simiesque, simian, simianized, prosimian, chimpanzoid, apoid.

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