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Meanings of ape in English

Portuguese
emulador
Catalan
mona

Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.

emulador
Spanish
gorila

Person who resembles a nonhuman primate.

gorila
Portuguese
fazer caricaturas

Represent in or produce a caricature of.

fazer caricaturas
Usage of ape in English
1
Some researchers even think important events in ape evolution happened in Europe.
BBC
2
Females weighed about 18 kg, less than any great ape alive today.
BBC
3
His work was the foundation for all the ape research that followed.
Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
4
You have seen Italian organ-boys holding a dancing-ape by a long cord.
Moby Dick
5
Academics were divided on the subject of ape language but mesmerized nonetheless.
Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
6
He returned in a moment with an anthropoid ape in a cage.
The Common Man
7
The gorilla seemed puzzled by the strange passivity of the hairless ape.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
8
Besides, the ape in the picture was a gorilla: clearly a gorilla.
Complete Books of Blood
9
Future kids again ape the styles and habits of Californian skate culture.
The Irish Times
10
Nay, fear not; it is an ape, by the feel of him.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
11
Half-erect, the great ape shuffled into the full glare of the moon.
The Son of Tarzan
12
He was still grinning at me, looking like a great brutish ape.
For the love of mike
13
But you can pass from the ape and go to the devil.
Orthodoxy
14
No ape stands really erect, a posture which is natural in man.
Darwinism (1889) / An exposition of the theory of natural select...
15
Vinnevra said the ape was sharing it with the memory of Gamelpar.
Halo Primordium
16
An ape in fact, a monstrous orang-outang from the East Indian Islands.
Complete Books of Blood
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Translations for ape
Spanish
gorila
Ape through the time
Ape across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common