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great ape


great ape

noun

Definition of GREAT APE

: any of a family (Pongidae) of primates including the gorilla, orangutan, and chimpanzees —called also pongid
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First Known Use of GREAT APE

1913

Rhymes with GREAT APE

broomrape, cloudscape, date rape, escape, fox grape, gang rape, landscape, man ape, moonscape, North Cape, red tape, reshape, sea grape, seascape, shipshape, snowscape, streetscape, take shape, townscape, transshape, undrape, waveshape

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