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Barbary ape Definition


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Barbary ape
noun
    1. A type of macaque, native to mountainous regions of N Africa, and also found in Gibraltar.
Etymology: 19c: from Barbary the old name for the regions along the N coast of Africa, the country of the Berbers.



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