missing link
missing link · missing links
недостающее звено
fehlende Verbindung, fehlendes Glied, fehlendes Bindeglied
A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap…A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.
Meaning
2 senses(colloquial)A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.
fehlendes Glied, fehlendes Bindeglied, Missing Link
недостаю́щее звено́nedostajúščeje zvenó, перехо́дная фо́рмаperexódnaja fórma
hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings
(figuratively)Any sought-after or valuable intermediary figure or position.
fehlendes Glied, fehlendes Bindeglied, fehlende Verbindung
недостаю́щее звено́nedostajúščeje zvenó
Translations
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Forms
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings:ape-man