simian

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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

He insults himself in the first minute of the movie, and from then on wears his humiliations like a Purple Heart pinned to his hairy, simian chest.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

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

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

Millions of years ago, a simian ancestor of humanity decided to climb a tree.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2023

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

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston