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Missing link   /mˈɪsɪŋ lɪŋk/   Listen
Missing link

noun
1.
Hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings.  Synonym: ape-man.






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"Missing link" Quotes from Famous Books



... emulation took hold upon the users of the English tongue. "The missing word"—from every lip fell the phrase which had at first sounded so mysteriously; its vogue exceeded that, in an earlier time, of "the missing link." The demand for postage stamps to be used in transmitting the entrance fee threatened to disorganize that branch of the public service; sorting clerks and letter carriers, though themselves contributory, grew dismayed at the additional ...
— The Town Traveller • George Gissing



Words linked to "Missing link" :   primitive, primitive person



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