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| anthropoid |
resembling an ape, esp. in behavior. [2/3 definitions] |
| bigfoot |
a conjectured animal resembling a large ape or gorilla, alleged to live in the wilder areas of the Pacific Northwest; sasquatch. |
| bonobo |
any of a species of highly intelligent African ape related to but smaller than the chimpanzee and exhibiting various human-like behaviors. The bonobo's habitat in the wild is limited to an area within the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| chimp |
a short form of "chimpanzee," a highly intelligent African species of ape. |
| chimpanzee |
a highly intelligent African species of ape, closely related to humans and smaller than the gorilla. |
| gorilla |
a very large ape that lives in African forests. Gorillas are the largest of the primates. Male gorillas living in zoos can weigh as much as six hundred pounds. All gorillas living in the wild are in danger of extinction. |
| missing link |
a certain creature, not yet discovered, that would represent the supposed evolutionary stage between ape and man. [1/2 definitions] |
| orangutan |
a large ape that lives in the rain forests of a few south Asian islands. Orangutans have long, red-brown fur and long arms. They spend most of their time in trees. They are a kind of primate. Orangutans are endangered. |
| Piltdown man |
a skull, found in 1911, believed to represent a species of prehistoric human but shown in 1953 to be a forged composite of modern human and ape bone fragments. |
| simian |
an ape or monkey. [1/2 definitions] |
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