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Barbary ape

–noun
a tailless macaque, Macaca sylvanus, of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, now greatly reduced in number: a small, managed colony of unknown origin is maintained on the Rock of Gibraltar.

Origin:
1870–75
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Barbary ape  
n.  A tailless monkey (Macaca sylvana) of Gibraltar and northern Africa. Also called magot.
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