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ape definition and meaning

n. A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.
n. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
n. A dupe.
v. t. To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.

Crossword clues for ape

- Anthropoid
- Anthropoid copycat
- Chaperone held monkey relative
- Copy
- Copy a little data, perhaps
- Copy paper without extreme publicity
- Even magpie is anthropoid
- Gorilla
- Gorilla has a little banana peel
- Gorilla hides in chapel
- Gorilla or chimp
- Gorilla or chimpanzee
- Gorilla or orangutan
- Imitate
- Imitate every Other magpie
- Large primate without a tail
- Large tailless primate
- Mimic
- Monkey
- Monkey relative
- Non-human anthropoid
- Orangutan or gorilla
- Originally a primate evidently
- Primate
- Tailless primate
- Tailless primates
- To mimic
- uncouth clod
- zoo animal or an oaf


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