great ape

English

Noun

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.
- 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:
  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.
Synonym: hominid

Hypernyms

primate

Translations

ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae

Chinese:
Mandarin: 類人猿／类人猿 (zh) (lèirényuán)
Dutch: mensaap (nl) m
Finnish: iso ihmisapina
French: hominidé (fr) m, grand singe (fr) m
Galician: gran simio m
German: Großaffe m, Grossaffe m (Switzerland, Liechtenstein), Großäffin f, Grossäffin f (Switzerland, Liechtenstein), Menschenaffe (de) m, Menschenäffin f, Hominide (de) m, Hominid m (less common), Hominidin f
Spanish: gran simio m

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