monkeylike

See also: monkey-like

English

Etymology

From monkey +‎ -like.

Adjective

monkeylike (comparative more monkeylike, superlative most monkeylike)

1. Resembling or similar to a monkey.

   a monkeylike skull

   monkeylike curiosity

   • 2008 March 4, John Noble Wilford, “One-Ounce Mississippian of 55.8 Million Years Ago”, in The New York Times‎:

     It is hard to picture a wee monkeylike adult creature weighing no more than an ounce. But fossils of the 55.8 million-year-old animal, the earliest known primate to inhabit North America, have emerged from coastal sediments in Mississippi.

Translations

similar to a monkey

Dutch: aapachtig (nl) Esperanto: simia (eo) German: affenartig (de) Kyrgyz: маймыл сияктуу (maymıl siyaktuu) Latin: simas Marathi: माकडासारखा m (mākḍāsārkhā), माकडासारखी f (mākḍāsārkhī), माकडासारखे n (mākḍāsārkhe) Russian: обезья́ний (ru) (obezʹjánij)

similar to that of a monkey

See also

• simian

Adverb

monkeylike (not comparable)

1. In the manner of a monkey.

Translations

in the manner of a monkey

Esperanto: simie