BARBARY APE

Meaning of BARBARY APE in English

■ noun a tailless macaque monkey that is native to NW Africa and also found on the Rock of Gibraltar. [ Macaca sylvana .]

Origin

from Barbary , a former name for the western part of N. Africa.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

BARBARY APE — noun Etymology: Barbary, Africa Date: 1791 a tailless monkey ( Macaca sylvanus ) of northern Africa and Gibraltar
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BARBARY APE — ˈbärb(ə)rē-, ˈbȧb-, -ri- noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: from Barbary, coastal region in northern Africa : a tailless monkey …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BARBARY APE — noun Etymology: Barbary, Africa Date: 1791 : a tailless monkey ( Macaca sylvanus ) of northern Africa and Gibraltar — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BARBARY APE — Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvana). also called Magot (Macaca sylvana), tailless, terrestrial macaque (q.v.) found in bands in Algeria, Morocco, and …
Britannica English vocabulary
BARBARY APE — a tailless macaque, Macaca sylvanus, of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, now greatly reduced in number: a small, managed colony …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BARBARY APE — Pronunciation: ' bär-b( ə -)r ē - Function: noun Etymology: Barbary, Africa Date: 1791 : a tailless monkey ( Macaca …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BARBARY APE — [Bar.ba.ry ape] n [Barbary, Africa] (1864): a tailless monkey (Macaca sylvanus) of northern Africa and Gibraltar
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BARBARY APE — n. a macaque, Macaca sylvana, of N. Africa and Gibraltar. [Barbary, an old name of the western part of N. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BARBARY APE — n. a macaque, Macaca sylvana, of n. Africa and Gibraltar. [ Barbary, an old name of the western part of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BARBARY APE — n. a macaque, Macaca sylvana, of N. Africa and Gibraltar. Etymology: Barbary, an old name of the western part of …
Oxford English vocab
BARBARY APE — Магот
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BARBARY APE — бесхвостая макака Африки и Гибралтара
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BARBARY APE — бесхвостый макак, магот, варварийская обезьяна (Macaca sylvana)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BARBARY APE — бесхвостый макак, магот, варварийская обезьяна ( Macaca sylvana )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BARBARY APE — бесхвостая макака Африки и Гибралтара
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
APE — Airport Name : San Juan Aposento Airport Airport Location : San Juan Aposento, Peru IATA Code : APE ICAO Code …
Airport Code English Dictionary
APE — n bee; ape operari, ape neutre working bee; ape matre, ape regina, ape femina queen bee; ape mascule drone
Interlingua English vocab
APE — I. ˈāp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English apa; akin to Old Saxon apo, Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BARBARY — (n.) The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. …
Английский словарь Webster
APE — (v. t.) To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.
Английский словарь Webster
APE — (n.) One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
Английский словарь Webster
BARBARY — ( n. ) The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
APE — ( v. t. ) To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
APE — ( n. ) One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BARBARY — /bahr"beuh ree/ , n. a region in N Africa, extending from W of Egypt to the Atlantic Ocean and including …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APE — — apelike , adj. /ayp/ , n. , v. , aped, aping . n. 1. any of a group of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BARBARY — n. region of northern Africa stretching from western Egypt to the Atlantic Ocean
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
APE — I. ˈāp noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English apa; akin to Old High German affo ape Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BARBARY — noun the countries on the north coast of africa from egypt to the atlantic. hence: a barbary horse; a barb. …
Webster English vocab
APE — noun a dupe. 2. ape ·noun one who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic. …
Webster English vocab
APE — [ape] n [ME, fr. OE apa; akin to OHG affo ape] (bef. 12c) 1 a: monkey; esp: one of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APE — any of the tailless, manlike primates of the families Hylobatidae (gibbon and siamang) and Pongidae (chimpanzee, bonobo, orangutan, and gorilla), …
Britannica English vocabulary
BARBARY — also called Barbary States former designation for the coastal region of North Africa bounded by Egypt (east), by the Atlantic …
Britannica English vocabulary
BARBARY — Barbary BrE AmE ˈbɑːb ə r‿i AmE \ ˈbɑːrb- ▶ ˌ Barbary ˈ ape BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
APE — ape BrE AmE eɪp ▷ aped eɪpt ▷ apes eɪps ▷ aping ˈeɪp ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
APE — / eɪp; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a large animal like a monkey , with no tail. There …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APE — I. ape 1 /eɪp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: apa ] 1 . an animal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
APE — n. & v. --n. 1 any of the various primates of the family Pongidae characterized by the absence of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
APE — n. & v. n. 1 any of the various primates of the family Pongidae characterized by the absence of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
APE — n. & v. --n. 1. any of the various primates of the family Pongidae characterized by the absence of a …
Oxford English vocab
APE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE great ▪ The two clusters evolved by duplication of an ancestral gene cluster …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APE — Synonyms and related words : Barbary ape, Cape polecat, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Primates, Rodentia, act, act a part, act as, act …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
APE — 1. сущ. 1) (человекообразная) обезьяна, примат 2) перен. подражатель, кривляка, обезьяна act the ape play the ape 2. гл. подражать, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
APE — ape.ogg 1. eıp n 1. 1> зоол. обезьяна, преим. человекообразная, примат ( Anthropoidae или Pongidae ) great apes - человекообразные …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
APE — ape сущ.1) (человекообразная) обезьяна, примат 2) перен. подражатель, кривляка, обезьяна - act the ape - play the ape 2. гл.подражать, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
APE — 1. eıp n 1. 1> зоол. обезьяна, преим. человекообразная, примат ( Anthropoidae или Pongidae ) great apes - человекообразные приматы …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
APE — 1. сущ. 1) ( человекообразная ) обезьяна, примат 2) перен. подражатель, кривляка, обезьяна - act the ape - play the …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
APE — 1. сущ. 1) (человекообразная) обезьяна, примат 2) перен. подражатель, кривляка, обезьяна - act the ape - play the ape 2. гл. подражать, обезьянничать; имитировать, копировать, передразнивать, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
APE — обезьяна - anthropoid apes - barbary ape - black ape - Celebesian ape - Gibraltar ape - great apes - holy ape - lesser apes - night ape - red …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
APE — обезьяна - anthropoid apes - barbary ape - black ape - Celebesian ape - Gibraltar ape - great apes - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
APE — (человекообразная) обезьяна fig. обезьяна, кривляка; to act (или to play) the ape - обезьянничать, передразнивать; валять дурака; кривляться; подражать, обезьянничать; передразнивать go ape - …
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
APE
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
APE — 1. сущ. 1) (человекообразная) обезьяна, примат 2) перен. подражатель, кривляка, обезьяна act the ape play the ape 2. гл. подражать, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BARBARY MACAQUE — noun see: Barbary ape
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BARBARY MACAQUE — Tailless, terrestrial monkey ( Macaca sylvana ) found in groups in Algeria and Morocco and on the Rock of Gibraltar. …
Английский словарь Британика
BARBARY COAST — Mediterranean coastal region, North Africa. It extends from Egypt to the Atlantic Ocean. Once part of Vandals in the 5th …
Английский словарь Британика
BARBARY COAST — noun Usage: usually capitalized B & often capitalized C Etymology: from the Barbary Coast, former notorious vice-ridden section of San …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BARBARY COAST WARS — U.S. Hist. wars fought along the coast of North Africa 1801-15 over the harassment of U.S. ships despite the payment …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BARBARY COAST — 1. the Mediterranean coastline of the former Barbary States: former pirate refuge. 2. the waterfront district of San Francisco in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BARBARY MACAQUE — see Barbary ape
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BARBARY MACAQUE — Tailless, terrestrial monkey ( Macaca sylvana ) found in groups in Algeria and Morocco and on the Rock of Gibraltar. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BARB — I. noun see: beard Date: 14th century a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ALGERIA — officially Peoples Democratic Republic of Algeria Country, North Africa. Area: 919,595 sq mi (2,381,741 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 31,261,000. …
Английский словарь Британика
TRIPOLITAN — I. trə̇ˈpälət ə n adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: tripolitan back-formation from Tripolitania; tripolitanian from Tripolitania + English -an 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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