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Keywords: Monkey, Ape, Apelike, Simiiformes, Simiad

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Of or pertaining to the family Simiadæ, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike.

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Any Old World monkey or ape.

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Related to or affecting monkeys.

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Relating to, characteristic of, or resembling an ape or a monkey.

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relating to or resembling an ape; "simian features"

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The simians (infraorder Simiiformes) are the "higher primates" very common to most people: the monkeys and the apes, including humans. Simians tend to be larger than the "lower primates" or prosimians.

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