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man ape

noun

Definition of MAN APE

1
:  great ape
2
:  any of various fossil primates intermediate in characters between humans and the great apes
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First Known Use of MAN APE

circa 1864

Rhymes with MAN APE

broomrape, cloudscape, date rape, escape, fox grape, gang rape, great ape, landscape, moonscape, North Cape, red tape, reshape, sea grape, seascape, shipshape, snowscape, streetscape, take shape, townscape, transshape, undrape, waveshape

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