Search Result for "barbary ape":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar;
[syn: Barbary ape, Macaca sylvana]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Barbary \Bar"ba*ry\, n. [Fr. Ar. Barbar the people of Barbary.] The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon. [1913 Webster] Barbary ape (Zool.), an ape (Macacus innuus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Barbary ape n 1: tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar [syn: Barbary ape, Macaca sylvana]