tailless+monkey

  • 11Barbaryape — Barbary ape n. A tailless monkey (Macaca sylvana) of Gibraltar and northern Africa. Also called magot. * * * …

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  • 12Barbary ape — noun A tailless monkey, Macaca sylvanus, found on Gibraltar and in parts of north Africa Syn: Barbary macaque …

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  • 13BARBARY APE —    a tailless monkey of gregarious habits, native of the mountainous parts of Barbary, and of which there is a colony on the Rock of Gibraltar, the only one in Europe …

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  • 14ape — I. n. 1. Simian, troglodyte, tailless monkey. 2. Mimic, servile imitator. 3. Imitator, imitation, image, type, likeness. 4. Object of contempt, monster of ugliness, object of ridicule, guy. II. v. a. 1. Mimic (in good sense), imitate, counterfeit …

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  • 15potto — pot•to [[t]ˈpɒt oʊ[/t]] n. pl. tos 1) mam any of several lorislike African prosimians of the genus Perodicticus, esp. P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers 2) mam kinkajou • Etymology: 1695–1705; < D, said to be < Wolof… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 16potto — [pät′ō] n. pl. pottos [< Afr native name, as in Wolof pata, a kind of tailless monkey] a slow moving, large eyed central African prosimian primate (Perodicticus potto) of the same family as the lorises and angwantibos …

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  • 17tail´less|ness — tail|less1 «TAYL lihs», adjective. having no tail, in any sense; acaudal; anurous: »An ape is a kind of tailless monkey. –tail´less|ly, adverb. –tail´less|ness, noun. tail|less2 «TAYL lihs», adjective. Law. without a tail …

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  • 18tail´less|ly — tail|less1 «TAYL lihs», adjective. having no tail, in any sense; acaudal; anurous: »An ape is a kind of tailless monkey. –tail´less|ly, adverb. –tail´less|ness, noun. tail|less2 «TAYL lihs», adjective. Law. without a tail …

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  • 19tail|less — tail|less1 «TAYL lihs», adjective. having no tail, in any sense; acaudal; anurous: »An ape is a kind of tailless monkey. –tail´less|ly, adverb. –tail´less|ness, noun. tail|less2 «TAYL lihs», adjective. Law. without a tail …

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  • 20Barbary macaque — Tailless, terrestrial monkey (Macaca sylvana) found in groups in Algeria and Morocco and on the Rock of Gibraltar. It is about 24 in. (60 cm) long and has yellowish brown fur and a bald, pale pink face. Lacking a tail, this macaque has often been …

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