anthropoids

plural of anthropoid

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for anthropoids
Noun
  • The next big bad in Jared Leto's motley crew of sinister screen villains has finally been announced.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Monica compiled nine quotes the other villains had said about West, Larsa and New York, and the three of them need to match those quotes to who said them.
    Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Then, one by one, the beasts came forward.
    Karen Zautyk, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • His balloons would resemble cascades of oxygen bubbles sailing upward, strands of DNA, billowing sheets of candy buttons, or phosphorus deep-sea beasts made of LEDs.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In the last few years, perhaps after an adaptive mutation, bird flu has jumped to a wide number of mammal species, including seals, bears, skunks, foxes, cougars, bobcats, dolphins and even a polar bear.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The Southwest Virginia Wildlife rescued an extremely rare, and very cute, skunk earlier this month.
    Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Anthropoids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anthropoids. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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