Word Meaning

Meaning of ape

- A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, 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.
- One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
- A dupe.
- To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.

Crossword clue for ape

- Anthropoid
- Anthropoid copycat
- At intervals, magpies take off
- Chaperone held monkey relative
- Copy
- Copy a little data, perhaps
- Copy paper without extreme publicity
- Even magpie is anthropoid
- Gorilla
- Gorilla has a little banana peel
- Gorilla hides in chapel
- Gorilla or chimp
- Gorilla or chimpanzee
- Gorilla or orangutan
- Imitate
- Imitate every Other magpie
- Large primate without a tail
- Large tailless primate
- Mimic
- Mimic leader of annoying sport at school
- Monkey
- Monkey relative
- Monkey starts attacking poor elephant
- Non-human anthropoid
- Orangutan or gorilla
- Originally a primate evidently
- Primate
- Tailless primate
- Tailless primates
- To mimic
- uncouth clod
- zoo animal or an oaf