What is another word for great ape?

Pronunciation: [ɡɹˈe͡ɪt ˈe͡ɪp] (IPA)

The term "great ape" is typically used to refer to four species of primates: orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos. However, there are various synonyms that can also be used to describe these animals. For example, they can be referred to as the "hominoidea" or "hominoids" which is a taxonomic group that includes all apes and humans. Another term that is sometimes used is "hominids". They can also be called "anthropoids", which refers to any primate that has features similar to human beings. Finally, the term "primates" can be used to describe any member of the order Primates, including great apes.

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Famous quotes with Great ape

  • There is hardly an American male of my generation who has not at one time or another tried to master the victory cry of the great ape as it issued from the androgynous chest of Johnny Weissmuller, to the accompaniment of thousands of arms and legs snapping during attempts to swing from tree to tree in the backyards of the Republic.
    Gore Vidal
  • That night a little son was born in the tiny cabin beside the primeval forest, while a leopard screamed before the door, and the deep notes of a lion's roar sounded from beyond the ridge. Lady Greystoke never recovered from the shock of the great ape's attack, and, though she lived for a year after her baby was born, she was never again outside the cabin, nor did she ever fully realize that she was not in England.
    Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • High up among the branches of a mighty tree she hugged the shrieking infant to her bosom, and soon the instinct that was as dominant in this fierce female as it had been in the breast of his tender and beautiful mother — the instinct of mother love — reached out to the tiny man-child's half-formed understanding, and he became quiet. Then hunger closed the gap between them, and the son of an English lord and an English lady nursed at the breast of Kala, the great ape.
    Edgar Rice Burroughs

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