simian

Example Sentences

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Almost everyone reading this will recognize the slender, ponytailed figure who became a close friend and protector of the simian species most closely related to ours.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2025

Athapol said people shouldn’t see monkeys as villians, saying that the authorities might have not been efficient enough in their work to control the simian population.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024

Waze, on the other hand, is a clear and present danger to every pedestrian, equestrian, simian and median on the planet.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2023

The simian ones came from field recordings made as part of previous research.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

Those monkeys had been infected with simian fever and would have died anyway.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston