Dictionary
ape-man
Pronunciation: (āp'man"), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -men.
1. a hypothetical primate representing a transitional form between true humans and the anthropoid apes, considered by some as constituting the genus
Australopithecus.
2. a human assumed to have been reared by apes.
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