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類人猿 (るいじんえん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

類るい人じん猿えん

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Meanings

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noun

ape; anthropoid ape

Refers to tailless primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. In biological contexts, it corresponds to the superfamily Hominoidea.

チンパンジーやゴリラは類るい人じん猿えんに分ぶん類るいされる。
Chimpanzees and gorillas are classified as apes.
類るい人じん猿えんはヒトに

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Apes are among the animals closest to humans.

Kanji

類sort, kind, variety
人person
猿monkey

Similar words

猿さる
猿 is a broader term for monkeys and apes, while 類人猿 specifically refers to tailless apes.
霊れい長ちょう類るい
霊長類 is the order Primates, which includes monkeys, apes, and prosimians; 類人猿 is a subset.

Etymology

Compound of 類 (kind, type), 人 (human), and 猿 (monkey/ape), literally 'human-like ape'. The term was coined in Japanese as a calque of Western scientific terminology.