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noun
Any primate once considered to belong in the family Pongidae; the great apes excluding humans
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: great ape
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Broader terms: anthropoid ape
Narrower terms: orangutan, orang, orangutang, Pongo pygmaeus, gorilla, Gorilla gorilla, chimpanzee, chimp, Pan troglodytes
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