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great ape en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (archaic) A large non-human primate, such as a gorilla, an orangutan, or a chimpanzee.
  2. Any member of the taxonomic family Hominidae, including gorilla, orangutan, chimpanzee, excluding Homo.
    • Long before people thought in terms of evolution […] great apes were often confused with humans. 2005, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, page 114:
  3. Any member of the taxonomic family Hominidae, including Homo, and also many similar extinct species.
    • This wrinkled layer of gray matter that's highly developed in humans and other great apes, as well as whales, dolphins, and elephants, helps coordinate complex cognitive processes. 2014, Laurel Braitman, Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves:

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great apes Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

hominin

Hypernyms

ape · primate · primate · ape

Hyponyms

chimpanzee · human · orangutan · gorilla

Relateds

monkey · lesser ape

Synonyms

great ape · hominid

Translations (19)

de Großaffe (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · cmn 類人猿 /类人猿 (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · de Grossaffe (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · de Menschenaffe (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · de Grossäffin (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · es gran simio (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · de Hominidin (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · de Hominide (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · fi iso ihmisapina (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · gl gran simio (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · es homínido (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · pl małpa człekokształtna (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · fr hominidé (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · de Hominid (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · nl mensaap (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · pl antropoid (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · fr grand singe (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · de Großäffin (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae) · de Menschenäffin (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae)