noun
any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae
• Syn: ↑pongid
• Hypernyms: ↑anthropoid ape
• Hyponyms:
↑orangutan, ↑orang, ↑orangutang, ↑Pongo pygmaeus, ↑gorilla, ↑Gorilla gorilla, ↑chimpanzee, ↑chimp, ↑Pan troglodytes
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pongidae, ↑family Pongidae
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noun : any of the recent anthropoid apes : gibbon, orangutan, chimpanzee, gorilla
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any of several apes of the family Pongidae, characterized by a relatively hairless face with protrusive lips and by hands with complex fingerprints and flat nails, including the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan.
[1945-50]
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great ape noun
Any of the larger anthropoid apes, such as the chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla and orang-utan
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Main Entry: ↑great
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great ape,
any anthropoid ape: »
The living great apes (the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan) are assigned, with their ancestors, to the family Pongidae (Ian Tattersall).
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n. a large ape of a family closely related to humans, including the gorilla, orangutan, and chimpanzees, but excluding the gibbons; an anthropoid ape. ● Family Pongidae, order Primates
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noun, pl ⋯ apes [count]
: ↑ape 1, 1
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.