Meaning

3 senses
  1. A prehistoric man resembling an ape, especially one held to be a precursor to modern humans; a non-human australopithecine.

    Urmensch, Frühmensch, Java-Mensch

    обезьяночелове́кobezʹjanočelovék

  2. A human raised from childhood by apes (generally in reference to, or in imitation of, the fictional character Tarzan).

  3. A reputed or legendary, large, bipedal, ape-like creature, as Bigfoot or the Yeti, or a primitive australopithecine still extant today.

Translations

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By meaning 1
prehistoric man resembling an ape:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
prehistoric man resembling an ape:

Origin

From ape + man.

From ape + man.

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Forms

plural: apemen
Singularapeman
Pluralapemen

irregular · Lesson

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
apeman — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto