Old English apa "ape, monkey," from Proto-Germanic *apan (source also of Old Saxon apo, Old Norse api, Dutch aap, German affe), perhaps borrowed in Proto-Germanic from Celtic (compare Old Ir [..]

"to imitate," 1630s, but the notion is implied earlier, as in the phrase play the ape (1570s), Middle English apeshipe "ape-like behavior, simulation" (mid-15c.); and the noun sens [..]

Ape [N]an animal of the monkey tribe ( 1 Kings 10:22 ; 2 Chr 9:21 ). It was brought from India by the fleets of Solomon and Hiram, and was called by the Hebrews koph_, and by the Greeks _kepos , both [..]

large, intelligent primate with no tail.

a large monkey without a tail

an animal of the monkey tribe (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21). It was brought from India by the fleets of Solomon and Hiram, and was called by the Hebrews _koph_, and by the Greeks _kepos_, both words be [..]

(n) any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all(n) someone who copies the words or behavior of another(n) person who resembles a nonhuman primate(v) imitate uncritically and in every as [..]

The buf’foon ape, in Dryden’s poem called The Hind and the Panther, means the Free-thinkers.

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An obsolete name for a Family of Primates consisting of three genera: Pongo (Pongo pygmaeus), Pan (Pan troglodytes and Pan paniscus), and Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla).

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n. "ape, monkey (also as adj.); dupe, fool," s.v. ape sb. OED. KEY: ape@n ape@n#adj

n 15 ape 10 apes 5

n#adj 1 ape 1

<audio, compression> A lossless audio compression algorithm from MonkeysAudio. (01 Jun 2001)

<computer graphics> A graphics package from the Ohio Supercomputer Centre. (01 Mar 1995)

1. <zoology> A quadrumanous mammal, especially. Of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. To species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. [..]

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a tricycle scooter with a cab for the driver and a pickup truck body over the rear wheels; used as a light delivery van and for small-scale agricultural tasks