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Barbary ape
(bär′bər ē)
a tailless, apelike macaque monkey (Macaca sylvana) of N Africa and Gibraltar: the only surviving wild monkey in Europe
See Barbary ape in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A tailless monkey (Macaca sylvana) of Gibraltar and northern Africa. Also called magot.
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