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ape

[eyp] / eɪp /


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There was more to us, they said, than you could tell by watching the other 192 species of ape.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

The TV naturalist remembers his first trip to see gorillas in Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains in 1978—and checks in on the descendants of an ape he met then—in this involving documentary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

But there are no ape characters in the Lion King.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2026

In February, customs officials at Mumbai airport stopped a smuggler with five Siamang Gibbons, an ape native to the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

The one in the book—a small ape with a beard—looked nothing like her own house spirit.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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