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单词 lesser ape
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lesser 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.
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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.
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