great ape
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Noun[edit]
great ape (plural great apes)
- (archaic) A large non-human primate, such as a gorilla, an orangutan, or a chimpanzee. [to late 19C]
- Any member of the taxonomic family Hominidae, including gorilla, orangutan, chimpanzee, excluding Homo.
- Coordinate term: hominin
- 2005, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, page 114:
- Long before people thought in terms of evolution […] great apes were often confused with humans.
- Any member of the taxonomic family Hominidae, including Homo, and also many similar extinct species.
- 2014, Laurel Braitman, Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves[1]:
- 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.
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ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae
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See also[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:great ape
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Further reading[edit]
- “great ape”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.