ape : Idioms & Phrases

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anthropoid ape

  • noun any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae
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ape-man

  • noun hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings
    missing link.
  • noun a person assumed to have been raised by apes
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Barbary ape

  • noun tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar
    Macaca sylvana.
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  • (Zoöl.), an ape (Macacus innus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.
Webster 1913

Dog ape

  • (Zoöl.), a male ape.
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great ape

  • noun any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae
    pongid.
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Half ape

  • (Zoöl.), a lemur.
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jane-of-apes

Jane"-of-apes" noun
Definitions
  1. A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes. Massinger.
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lesser ape

  • noun gibbons and siamangs
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Man ape

  • (Zoöl.), a anthropoid ape, as the gorilla.
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sea ape

Sea" ape`
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The thrasher shark. (b) The sea otter.
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tarzan of the apes

  • noun a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
    Tarzan.
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To have drunk wine of ape ∨ wine ape

  • to be so drunk as to be foolish. Obs. Chaucer.
Webster 1913