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ape
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noun (n)
- any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadæ, 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- imitate uncritically and in every aspect(verb.stative)Example:
Her little brother apes her behavior.
source: wordnet30 - To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.(verb)source: webster1913