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    simian - Dictionary definition and meaning for word simian

    Definition
    (noun) an ape or monkey Definition
    (adj) relating to or resembling an ape
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simian like simi(lar)/SAME + an ( only one) and nearly similar to mankind is the monkey or ape and that is why simian.

SIMIAN - SIMI = SIMILAR and MIAN or MAN, therefore the word SIMIAN means something similar to man. As the ape, gorilla and the chimpanzee are ancestors of man they are termed as SIMIANS.

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simian - like a semi man i.e a monkey

simian...think how cricketer symonds look.he looks like a monkey...ttherefore symonds is a simian...

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