ape

  • 21ape — apelike, adj. /ayp/, n., v., aped, aping. n. 1. any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape), which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and… …

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  • 22ape — à·pe s.f. AU 1. piccolo insetto alato di colore bruno dorato, munito di pungiglione, che vive in società numerose, si nutre del polline dei fiori e produce il miele e la cera: uno sciame, un alveare di api, essere punto da un ape, cera d api,… …

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  • 23ape — {{11}}ape (n.) O.E. apa ape, monkey, from P.Gmc. *apan (Cf. O.S. apo, O.N. api, Du. aap, Ger. affe), perhaps borrowed in Proto Germanic from Celtic (Cf. O.Ir. apa) or Slavic (Cf. O.Bohemian op, Slovak opitza), perhaps ultimately from a non Indo… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 24ape — I UK [eɪp] / US noun [countable] Word forms ape : singular ape plural apes 1) a large monkey without a tail that can stand nearly straight and walk on two feet. Chimpanzees and gorillas are apes. 2) informal an insulting word for a man who is… …

    English dictionary

  • 25ape —    In modern American usage ‘you big ape’ would normally be applied playfully to a muscular, but perhaps clumsy, man. According to A Dictionary of American Slang, by Robert Chapman, it can also mean a black person. It has perhaps that meaning in… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 26ape — ape1 [eıp] n [: Old English; Origin: apa] 1.) an animal that is similar to a monkey but has no tail or only a very short tail 2.) go ape informal to suddenly become very angry ape 2 ape2 v [T] 1.) …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27ape — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English apa; akin to Old High German affo ape Date: before 12th century 1. a. monkey; especially one of the larger tailless or short tailed Old World forms b. any of two families (Pongidae and… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28.ape — Monkey’s Audio Entwickler: Matthew T. Ashland Aktuelle Version: 4.06 (17. März 2009) Betriebssystem: plattformunabhängig Kategorie: Encoder …

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  • 29APE — El acrónimo APE puede referirse a: Asociación Primatológica Española, una asociación naturalista en España. APE, un formato de codificación de audio sin pérdida usado por Monkey s Audio. Ape, ciudad de Letonia. Esta página de desambiguación… …

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  • 30ape — Synonyms and related words: Barbary ape, Cape polecat, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Primates, Rodentia, act, act a part, act as, act out, angwantibo, anthropoid ape, ape about, appear like, approach, approximate, aye aye, baboon, bar, be like, be… …

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