ape

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ape anthropoid ape great ape

Main Entry: ape
Pronunciation: p
Function: noun
1 : MONKEY; especially : one of the larger tailless or short-tailed Old World forms
2 : any of the large tailless semierect primates (as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) that comprise two primate families (Pongidae and Hylobatidae) -- called also anthropoid, anthropoid ape