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ape 'āp n
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
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(āp) an imprecise term used to refer to most of the larger Old World monkeys.Medical dictionary. 2011.