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Meanings of missing link in English

Hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings.

Usage of missing link in English
1
But you said -why, surely this might be the missing link.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
2
I dare say, though, the missing link is somewhere in the legends.
The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
3
The planets suggest looking to your romance zone for the missing link!
The South African
4
Her voice supplied the missing link in the Major's memory of events.
The Black Robe
5
Possibly they were the missing link between the reptile & the mammal.
The new yorker
6
We haven't found that missing link and we may never do that.
News.com.au
7
Temperatures are great, animals are good, moisture's the only missing link.
Radio NZ
8
Anything less than the ' missing link' look will be an improvement.
Extracurricular activities
9
They supplied the missing link in the evidence for the defense.
The Law and the Lady
10
Nothing, you might say - but there is in fact a missing link.
The Irish Times
11
Informal or casual news could provide the missing link to an ongoing matter.
The South African
12
He acted like an earlier missing link in the human species.
Native son
13
In England, justice was at work-butthe missing link was needed.
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
14
And this lover was just the missing link not to be found anywhere.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
15
Here was the missing link which I had been waiting for.
The War Terror
16
This finding adds a missing link to the SFB life cycle.
Pubmed
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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