great ape
any extant or extinct member of the family Hominidae, or hominids: its extant species include humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
Origin of great ape
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How to use great ape in a sentence
They found that 60 percent of plantations overlapped with great ape habitat across the entire area.
Our Taste for Cheap Palm Oil Is Killing Chimpanzees | Carrie Arnold | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey also caught a great ape, whose head was covered with long hair, mixed black and white.
Some Heroes of Travel | W. H. Davenport AdamsThe great ape caught it deftly; and Grôm, to preserve his balance, had to let the spear be wrenched from his hand.
In the Morning of Time | Charles G. D. RobertsThe shaft had caught the great ape under the center of the jaw, far back at the throat, and pierced straight up to the brain.
In the Morning of Time | Charles G. D. RobertsThe great ape on the path ahead cowered back, bearing his fangs, roaring in anger.
Astounding Stories, June, 1931 | Various
He reached it, reared to his full height, and gazed into the glass—at the reflection of Manape, the great ape of the cage!
Astounding Stories, June, 1931 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for great ape
any of the larger anthropoid apes, such as the chimpanzee, orang-utan, or gorilla
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Scientific definitions for great ape
[ grāt ]
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