Gibraltar ape

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• Ape — Taxobox name = ApesMSW3 Groves|pages=178 184] fossil range = Late Oligocene Recent image width = 250px image caption = Lar Gibbon ( Hylobates lar ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Primates subordo = Haplorrhini… …   Wikipedia

• Transport in Gibraltar — Gibraltar has a limited public transport system, due to the small size of the territory and the impact of the constitutional dispute with Spain.RoadPrivate transportGibraltar has 31 miles (49.9 km) of highways, all of which are paved. It has one… …   Wikipedia

• Barbary ape — 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} (Zo[ o]l.), an ape… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Barbary ape — Bar′bary ape′ n. zool. mam a tailless macaque, Macaca sylvanus, of mountain ranges in NW Africa and Gibraltar • Etymology: 1870–75 …   From formal English to slang

• Barbary ape — [bär′bər ē] n. a tailless, apelike macaque monkey (Macaca sylvana) of N Africa and Gibraltar: the only surviving wild monkey in Europe …   English World dictionary

• Bar|ba|ry ape — «BAHR buhr ee», a tailless monkey that lives in North Africa and on the Rock of Gibraltar. It is the only monkey now found in its native state in Europe …   Useful english dictionary

• Barbary ape — noun Etymology: Barbary, Africa Date: 1791 a tailless monkey (Macaca sylvanus) of northern Africa and Gibraltar called also Barbary macaque …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Barbary ape — a tailless macaque, Macaca sylvanus, of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, now greatly reduced in number: a small, managed colony of unknown origin is maintained on the Rock of Gibraltar. [1870 75] * * * …   Universalium

• Barbary ape — noun A tailless monkey, Macaca sylvanus, found on Gibraltar and in parts of north Africa Syn: Barbary macaque …   Wiktionary

• BARBARY APE —    a tailless monkey of gregarious habits, native of the mountainous parts of Barbary, and of which there is a colony on the Rock of Gibraltar, the only one in Europe …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Barbary ape — noun a tailless macaque monkey that is native to NW Africa and also found on the Rock of Gibraltar. [Macaca sylvana.] Origin from Barbary, a former name for the western part of N. Africa …   English new terms dictionary