| 单词 | lesser ape |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslesser ape lesser ape n. [after great ape n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1g] Zoology (originally) an ape smaller than a great ape; (in later use) spec. any of various small apes constituting the family Hylobatidae (the gibbons and siamangs).In quot. 1862 apparently not showing an established use. ΚΠ 1862 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. & Arts 2nd Ser. 33 49 At the death of a wicked man, his spirit enters the body of a lesser ape, which immediately becomes a gorilla. 1921 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Jan. 125/1 Two tables of measurements and descriptions of the femoral characters of the primates (man, anthropoids, lesser apes, and lemuroids).] 1957 I. T. Sanderson Monkey Kingdom xii. 150/2 The true Apes, as understood today, go as follows: A. Lesser Apes (Hylobatinae), [etc.]. 1985 Cambr. Encycl. Life Sci. xiv. 368/2 The lesser apes..are distinguished by their very agile form of locomotion.., which involves swinging through the trees by the arms. 2010 P. B. Gray & K. G. Anderson Fatherhood i. 12 We last shared a common ancestor with the lesser apes—the twelve or so species of gibbons and siamangs—approximately 20 million years ago. < as lemmas |
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