2009年2月28日 星期六

Simian






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–adjective 

1. of or pertaining to an ape or monkey.

2. characteristic of apes or monkeys: long, simian fingers.  



–noun
 

3. an ape or monkey. 





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Morgan has a thing for gorillas. He dotes upon them. 



He collects all sorts of simian paraphernalia, and evidently he paints pictures with simian motifs that are popular with the London art set. 



So strong, indeed, is his involvement that he even looks a little bit like an ape, with his prognathous jaw, his shaggy hairdo, and his Irish sweater that hangs to his knees.



prognathous

–adjective 

Craniometry.
 (頭蓋測量法)

having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.





orangoutang

Novel revolves around a youth who is the lone survivor of a sunken freighter and winds up sharing a lifeboat with a [hyena], an injured zebra, an [orangutan] and a hungry [Bengal] tiger.

baboon

a sequence where Brundle sends a [cat] and the surviving [baboon] through the telepods,

hamster

My close friend was Joe. His bedroom was filled with aquariums, [terrariums], snakes, [hamsters], spiders, and butterfly and beetle collections.

kudu

stolid

bovine

I regret to say, is borderline [bovine] throughout—merely lowers his [muzzle] and pants a bit

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