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APE-MAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person assumed to have been raised by apes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ape-man" is a kind of...):

feral man; wild man (a person who is not socialized)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings

Synonyms:

ape-man; missing link

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ape-man" is a kind of...):

primitive; primitive person (a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization)

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