Anthropoid means 'ape/human feature' and may refer to: *

Simian The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes ) of primates containing all animals traditionally called monkeys and apes. More precisely, they consist of the parvorders New World monkeys (Platyrrhini) and Cat ...

, monkeys and apes (anthropoids, or suborder Anthropoidea, in earlier classifications) * Anthropoid apes - apes that are closely related to humans (e.g., former family

Pongidae Pongidae , or the pongids is an obsolete primate taxon containing chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. By this definition pongids were also called "great apes". This taxon is not used today but is of historical significance. The great apes a ...

and sometimes also

Hylobatidae Gibbons () are apes in the Family (biology), family Hylobatidae (). The family historically contained one genus, but now is split into four extant genera and 20 species. Gibbons live in subtropical and tropical rainforest from eastern Bangladesh ...

and their extinct relatives) *'' Anthropoides'', a genus of cranes *

Operation Anthropoid On 27 May 1942 in Prague, Reinhard Heydrichthe commander of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), acting governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and a principal architect of the Holocaustwas attacked and wounded in an assassinatio ...

, the codename for the assassination of

Reinhard Heydrich Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( ; ; 7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was a high-ranking German SS and police official during the Nazi era and a principal architect of the Holocaust. He was chief of the Reich Security Main Office (inc ...

, SS-Obergruppenführer and Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia ** Operation Anthropoid Memorial, Libeň, Prague, Czech Republic ** ''Anthropoid'' (film), a 2016 film based on Operation Anthropoid *In

pelvimetry Pelvimetry is the measurement of the female pelvis. It can theoretically identify cephalo-pelvic disproportion, which is when the capacity of the pelvis is inadequate to allow the fetus to negotiate the birth canal. However, clinical evidence ind ...

, one of four types of human female pelvis *Anthropoid animals, fictional creatures in the Japanese visual novel game '' Wanko to Kurasō'' *Anthropoid robots, mostly referred to as

androids An android is a humanoid robot or other artificial being often made from a flesh-like material. Historically, androids were completely within the domain of science fiction and frequently seen in film and television, but advances in robot techno ...

meaning human-like robots

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