SIMIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does simian mean? 

• SIMIAN (noun)
  The noun SIMIAN has 1 sense:

1. an ape or monkey

  Familiarity information: SIMIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• SIMIAN (adjective)
  The adjective SIMIAN has 1 sense:

1. relating to or resembling an ape

  Familiarity information: SIMIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIMIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ape or monkey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("simian" is a kind of...):

primate (any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet)

Derivation:

simian (relating to or resembling an ape)

• SIMIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or resembling an ape

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

simian features

Pertainym:

ape (any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all)

Derivation:

simian (an ape or monkey)

 Context examples 

The B chain is almost identical in sequence to p28sis, the transforming protein of simian sarcoma virus.

(Platelet-derived growth factor, NCI Thesaurus)

It represented an alert, sharp-featured simian man, with thick eyebrows and a very peculiar projection of the lower part of the face, like the muzzle of a baboon.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It shares serologic reactivity and sequence homology with the simian Lentivirus SIV and infects only T4-lymphocytes expressing the CD4 phenotypic marker.

(Human Immunodeficiency Virus 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Containing an expression cassette consisting of the human cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter and the simian virus 40 (SV40) polyadenylation signal, Ad5CMV is used as a transfer vector for inserting genes of interest into target cells for expression.

(Ad5CMV, NCI Thesaurus)

They include the type species, MASON-PFIZER MONKEY VIRUS, isolated from mammary carcinoma and normal tissues in rhesus monkeys, and several other serotypes of simian type D retroviruses (RETROVIRUSES TYPE D, SIMIAN), all of which cause simian AIDS (SAIDS) and other malignancies.

(Betaretrovirus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)