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jmdict 1556110 Active (id: 1964324)
類人猿 [spec2,news2,nf44]
るいじんえん [spec2,news2,nf44]
1. [n]
▶ anthropoid ape
▶ anthropoid
▶ ape
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2813300 人似猿【ひとにざる】 1. anthropoid ape; anthropoid; pongid; ape



History:
5. A 2017-11-23 05:07:36  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2017-11-23 04:05:48  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
correction: not 'pongid'
  Diff:
@@ -20 +19,0 @@
-<gloss>pongid</gloss>
3. A 2014-04-07 07:33:51  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2014-04-07 03:16:28  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
kojien: Hominoidea
japanese wikipedia: "ape"
daijr: anthropoid or pongid
daijs: pongid
百科事典マイペディア: pongid or "ape"
世界大百科事典 第2版: anthropoid, pongid, or ape
  Comments:
the supplied definitions are too broad, as they include humans, whereas 類人猿 does not.  also, 'simian' includes monkeys
  Diff:
@@ -18,2 +17,0 @@
-<gloss>simian</gloss>
-<gloss>species in the biological infraorder Simiiformes</gloss>
@@ -20,0 +19,3 @@
+<gloss>anthropoid</gloss>
+<gloss>pongid</gloss>
+<gloss>ape</gloss>
1. A* 2014-04-06 17:58:49 
  Comments:
I believe "類人猿" refers to species in the infraorder Simiiformes, which are currently referred to as "simians" but were once referred to as "anthropoid apes."
  Diff:
@@ -18,2 +18,3 @@
-<gloss>anthropoid</gloss>
-<gloss>troglodyte</gloss>
+<gloss>simian</gloss>
+<gloss>species in the biological infraorder Simiiformes</gloss>
+<gloss>anthropoid ape</gloss>

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