monkey man

noun5

1. •
   A folklore creature that is part monkey, part human.
2. •
   A cryptid that is part monkey, part human.

   • April 5, 2001, the Monkey Man attacks Anil Gopal. — 2003
3. •
   A supposed missing link, having intermediate characteristics of human and non-human primates; any extinct hominin.

   • The Piltdown man (discovered in 1912 in Britain) was a human with ape-type teeth. Broom's "monkey-man" had human teeth. — 1947
4. •
   (offensive) A man with simian characteristics.

   • Cr Greenhill interjected that Cr M'Gregor was a "monkey man," whereupon the latter called the attention of the Mayor to his comments[.] — 1883
5. •
   (no longer used) A man who owns a monkey or monkeys; an organ grinder who keeps a pet monkey as part of his attraction.