ape

ape

noun \ˈāp\

Definition of APE

1

: monkey; especially : one of the larger tailless or short-tailed Old World forms

2

: any of the large tailless semierect primates (as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) that comprise two primate families (Pongidae and Hylobatidae)—called also anthropoid, anthropoid ape