BARBARY APE


Meaning of BARBARY APE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbär-b(ə-)rē- ]

noun

Etymology: Barbary, Africa

Date: 1791

: a tailless monkey ( Macaca sylvanus ) of northern Africa and Gibraltar — called also Barbary macaque

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