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simian
[ sim-ee-uhn ]
noun
- any of the monkeys or apes, classified into two subdivisions, the platyrrhines (New World monkeys) and the catarrhines (Old World monkeys and apes, including humans). haplorhine.
- Disparaging and Offensive. (used as a slur against a member of a racial or ethnic minority group, especially a Black person.)
adjective
- of or relating to any of the monkeys or apes.
- characteristic of apes or monkeys:
long, simian fingers.
- Disparaging and Offensive. (used to describe a member of a racial or ethnic minority group, especially a Black person.)
simian
/ 藞蝉瑟尘瑟蓹苍 /
adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling a monkey or ape Also (rare)simious藞s瑟m瑟蓹s
noun
- a monkey or ape
simian
Adjective
- Resembling or characteristic of apes or monkeys.
Noun
- An ape or monkey. Ther term simian is no longer used in scientific contexts.
- Compare prosimian
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Sensitive Note
See simianization.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉颈尘路颈路补苍路颈路迟测 [sim-ee-, an, -i-tee], noun
- 蝉耻产路蝉颈尘路颈路补苍 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of simian1
C17: from Latin 蝉墨尘颈补 an ape, probably from 蝉墨尘耻蝉 flat-nosed, from Greek 蝉墨尘辞蝉
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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.
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Athapol said people shouldn鈥檛 see monkeys as villians, saying that the authorities might have not been efficient enough in their work to control the simian population.
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Waze, on the other hand, is a clear and present danger to every pedestrian, equestrian, simian and median on the planet.
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The simian ones came from field recordings made as part of previous research.
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Millions of years ago, a simian ancestor of humanity decided to climb a tree.
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