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Meaning of 猿

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猿
Pinyin: yuán
English Definition: ape
Chinese Definition:
①哺乳动物,与猴相似,比猴大,颊下没有囊,没有尾巴,猩猩、大猩猩、长臂猿等都是:猿猴。猿人。
Total strokes: 13; Radical: 犬
Pictophonetic:袁 indicates the sound; 犭 (animal) conveys the meaning.
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Similar Characters: 榬
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Example Words
猿人 yuán rén apeman
类人猿 lèi rén yuán hominid
北京猿人 běi jīng yuán rén Peking ape-man; Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店 in 1921
长臂猿 cháng bì yuán gibbon; Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family)
猿猴 yuán hóu apes and monkeys
More:猿* | *猿 | *猿*
Example Sentences
1
所有这些大猿目前都被认为是濒危物种
。
All of the big apes are now considered endangered.
2
保护猿可以解决即将面临的这两个问题
。
Ape conservation tackles both of these issues head on.
3
他和同事在猿和猴子身上发现同样的博纳病毒
DNA
。
He and his colleagues found the same borna virus DNA in apes and monkeys.
4
支持拳步起源的人认为
,
我们和非洲猿来自一个共同的拳步行走的祖先
。
Supporters of the knuckle-walking origin think we and African apes evolved from a common knuckle walking ancestor.
5
它的头骨
、
躯干
、
和上下肢
,
包括手
,
既有人类特徵也有象猿的地方
。
The skull,torso and upper and lower limbs,including the hand, show both human and ape-like features.