Antonyms for great apegreat ape

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1. great apenoun

   Synonyms:
   hominid

2. great apenoun

   An ape of the family Hominidae, having a mostly hairless face, hands with complex fingerprints, and flat fingernails. Includes the gorilla and chimpanzee (subfamily Homininae), and orangutan (subfamily Ponginae). Usage may vary to either include or exclude humans (members of Homininae subfamily).

   Synonyms:
   hominid

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1. • Anthropoid Ape

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1. great ape, pongidnoun

   any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae

   Synonyms:
   pongid

How to use great ape in a sentence?

1. Laure Segurel:

   A lot of primate species... also have the differences of being A, being B, being AB, whether it's a great ape or a new world monkey, it's quite intriguing that the differences have been found or maintained in so many different species.

2. Simone Pika:

   We have regularly observed both species interacting peacefully in foraging trees. Our colleagues from Congo even witnessed playful interactions between the two great ape species.

3. Gore Vidal:

   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.

4. Tobias Deschner:

   It could be that sharing of food resources by chimpanzees, gorillas and forest elephants in Loango National Park in Gabon result in increased competition and sometimes even in lethal interactions between the two great ape species.

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