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"APES" is a plural of: ape. |
Date "APES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | This dream brings humiliation and disease to some dear friend. To see a small ape cling to a tree, warns the dreamer to beware; a false person is close to you and will cause unpleasantness in your circle. Deceit goes with this dream. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Ape is a common, yet rather imprecise, name for some animals of the order Primates. Its earliest meaning was a tailless (and therefore exceptionally human-like) non-human primate, but as zoological knowledge developed it became clear that taillessness occurred in a number of different and otherwise unrelated species.
Modern scientific usage includes as apes the families Hylobatidae (6 species of gibbons and the siamang), which are known as lesser apes, and the family Pongidae or great apes, consisting of Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), Chimpanzees (common chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes and bonobos, Pan paniscus), humans (Homo sapiens), and Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Chimpanzees, gorillas, humans and orangutans are all more closely related to one another than any of these four genera are to the gibbons and siamangs. On cladistic grounds it is correct to include humans in the Pongidae, and most scientists now do this - the family would otherwise be paraphyletic. Some authors adopt the alternative of including the great apes in the family Hominidae, which is the grouping for humans and their extinct ape-like ancestors, while others use a subfamily to separate the hominids from the extant non-human apes. Current evidence implies that humans share a common, extinct, ancestor with the chimpanzee/bonobo line, from which we separated more recently than the gorilla line. All living members of the Hylobatidae and Pongidae/Humanidae are tailless, and humans can therefore accurately be referred to as bipedal apes. However there are also primates in other families that lack tails.
The apes are a group within the infra-order Catarrhini that also includes the Old World monkeys of Africa and Eurasia. Apes can be distinguished from monkeys by the number of cusps on their molars (apes have five - the "Y-5" molar pattern, monkeys have only four in a "bilophodont" pattern). Apes have more mobile shoulder joints and arms, ribcages that are flatter front-to-back, and a shorter, less mobile spine compared to monkeys. These are all anatomical adaptations to vertical hanging and swinging locomotion (brachiation) in the apes.
The original usage of "ape" in English may have referred to the baboon, an African monkey. Two tailless species of macaque are commonly named as apes, the Barbary Ape of North Africa (introduced into Gibraltar), Macaca sylvanus, and the Sulawesi black ape or Sulawesi crested macaque, M. niger.
Except for gorillas and humans, all true apes are agile climbers of trees. They are best described as omnivorous, their diet consisting of fruit, grass seeds, and in most cases small quantities of meat (either hunted or scavenged), along with anything else available and easily digested. They are native to Africa and Asia.
Most ape species are rare or endangered. The chief threat to most ape species is loss of tropical rainforest habitat, though some populations are also imperiled due to hunting for bushmeat.
Cultural aspects
The intelligence and humanoid appearance of apes are responsible for legends which attribute human qualities; for example, apes are sometimes said to be able to speak but refuse to do so in order to avoid work. In India, apes are considered helpful (see, for example, Hanuman). They are also said to be the result of a curse -- a Jewish folktale claims that one of the races who built the Tower of Babel became apes as punishment, while Muslim lore says that the Jews of Elath became apes as punishment for fishing on the Sabbath. Christian folklore claims that apes are a symbol of lust and were created by Satan in response to God's creation of humans. None of these references would distinguish apes in the same way as modern biology does.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ape."
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This is a list of fictional apes (Bonobos, Gorillas, and Orangutans) and other non-human higher primates. Excluding Chimpanzees and Monkeys.
Literary Apes
- The "Famous Ape" mentioned in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- Fiben Bolger - David Brin's Uplift War
- the Librarian of the Unseen University - an orangutan
Cartoon Apes
- Grape Ape
- King Louie - Disney's animated version of The Jungle Book
- Magilla Gorilla
Movie Apes / Ape creatures
- Amy - ASL signing gorilla from Congo
- Caesar, Cornelius, Dr. Zaius, Zira, Lucius from Planet of the Apes
- Clyde - the orangutan from Clint Eastwood movies Every Which Way but Loose and Any Which Way You Can
- King Kong
- Mighty Joe Young
- Suzanne (orangutan) - from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and the credits of Mallrats
- Rafiki (a baboon) in Disney's The Lion King
Stories about ape-men
- George of the Jungle (also a character named "Ape")
- Tarzan
Other famous apes
- Donkey Kong
Related Topics
- List of historical apes (and some other primates)
- List of fictional chimpanzees
- List of fictional monkeys
- List of fictional animals
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of fictional apes."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This is a list of historical apes (Bonobos, Gorillas, and Orangutans) and other non-human higher primates. Excluding Chimpanzees and Monkeys.
Primate Actors
- Manis - orangutan
Scientific Apes
- Koko - gorilla involved with sign language research
- Kanzi - bonobo [1]
- Sultan - ape
Zoo Apes
- binti jua - gorilla who saved a human boy
- Floquet de Neu or Copito de Nieve ("Snowflake"), only albino gorilla known to exist; most famous resident of the Parc Zoològic de Barcelona
Related Topics
- List of fictional apes (and some other primates)
- List of historical chimpanzees
- List of historical monkeys
- List of historical animals
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of historical apes."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
APES | English | Augmented PROLOG for Expert Systems | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: APESSynonym: Primates. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Desire | Cassius has a lean and hungry look; " hungry as the grave "; " I was born to other things "; " not what we wish but what we want "; " such joy ambition finds "; " the sea hath bounds but deep desire hath none "; ubi mel ibi apes. |
Recession | Phrase: ubi mel ibi apes. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: APES |
| English words defined with "APES": anthropoid, anthropoidal, Anthropoidea, Anthropomorpha, ape, apelike, ape-man ♦ brachiate ♦ Catarrhine, coccyx ♦ dryopithecine ♦ family Hylobatidae ♦ great ape ♦ hand, Hominoidea, Hylobatidae ♦ Ischial callosity ♦ Latisternal ♦ Metadiscoidal, missing link ♦ order Primates ♦ Pitheci, Pithecoid, pongid, Primates ♦ Quadrumana ♦ suborder Anthropoidea, superfamily Hominoidea ♦ tail bone, Tarzan, Tarzan of the Apes. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "APES": Ape Diseases, armed tapeworm ♦ Denys ♦ Gods ♦ Haplorhini ♦ Jack-a-napes ♦ Old World monkeys, Opera, optimism ♦ pig tapeworm, pork tapeworm ♦ Retroviruses, Simian ♦ sacred, SIV, solium ♦ Taenia solium ♦ Zany. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "APES": jackanapes. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "APES" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Indonesian (be unlucky), Latin (absent, Apis = sacred bull worshiped in Egypt, be away, be distinct, be free, be lacking, bee, distant, missing, removed from, swarm regarded as a portent). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Apes don't read philosophy (A Fish Called Wanda; writing credit: John Cleese; Charles Crichton) How many other white apes have you seen (Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes; writing credit: Edgar Rice Burroughs; Robert Towne) Pig Pen, when I want advice about a good Planet of the Apes film or maybe how to get the resin out of my bong I'll come to you ok (Out Cold; writing credit: Jon Zack) Oh, you mean the Liberate Apes Before Imprisoning Apes movement (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; writing credit: Kevin Smith) Do not get in the way, apes. (Wing Commander: Prophecy; writing credit: Mike Donner) | |
Lyrics | Tarzan was king of the jungle and Lord over all the apes (Superman's Song; performing artist: Crash Test Dummies) APES IN THE PLAN (Jocko Homo; performing artist: Devo) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Planet of the Apes (1974) Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) The Great Apes (1970) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The Jungle Book]. [King Louis of the Apes, an orangutan. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Sleeping Apes" by Kim Groves Commentary: "Apes in the Calgary Zoo." | "Apes" by Michelle Kwajafa Commentary: "Apes at the national zoo in washington dc." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Logan Pearsall Smith | Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each other's fur. |
Nietzsche | I sought great human beings, I never found anything but the apes of their ideal. |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge | And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as, the Dalai Lama of Thibet; the Moogum of M'bwango; the temple of Apes in Ceylon; the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt; the Mufti of Moosh; the hair of the dog that bit Noah, etc. All things are either sacred or profane. The former to ecclesiasts bring gain; The latter to the devil appertain. Dumbo Omohundro |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "APES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.19% of the time. "APES" is used about 247 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.19% | 245 | 19,065 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.81% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 247 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "APES": anthropoid apes ♦ great apes ♦ man apes ♦ Tarzan of the Apes ♦ ubi mel ibi apes. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "APES": half-apes, Jane-of-apes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
apes.ru guano | 3 |
apes.com guano | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "APES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 猿猴 (apes and monkeys). (various references) | |
Danish | aber (monkeys), primater (anthropoids, monkeys, Primates). (various references) | |
Dutch | Primates (monkeys), Opperdieren (monkeys). (various references) | |
French | singes. (various references) | |
German | Affen (monkeys), Menschenaffen (anthropoids, great apes). (various references) | |
Greek | πίθηκος (ape). (various references) | |
Hungarian | emberszabású majmok (anthropoid apes, higher apes). (various references) | |
Italian | scimmie (monkeys), primati (monkeys, Primates). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apesay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | primatas (primates), macacos (monkeys). (various references) | |
Spanish | simios (monkeys), monos (monkeys). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Chronicles Chapter 9, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oti nauV tw basilei eporeueto eiV qarsiV meta twn paidwn ciram apax dia triwn etwn hrceto ploia ek qarsiV tw basilei gemonta crusiou kai arguriou kai odontwn elefantinwn kai piqhkwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Siquidem naves regis ibant in Tharsis cum servis Hiram semel in annis tribus et deferebant inde aurum et argentum et ebur et simias et pavos |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Forsothe and the schippis of the kyng wenten in Tharsis with the seruauntis of Yram oones in thre yeer, and thei brouyten thennus gold, and syluer, and yuer, and apis, and poos. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: once every three years came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For the king had Tarshish-ships sailing with the servants of Huram: once every three years the Tarshish-ships came back with gold and silver, ivory and monkeys and peacocks. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Chronicles Chapter 9, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | Kay ang hari may mga sakayan nga mag-adtoan sa Tarsis uban sa mga sulogoon ni Huram; makausa sa matag-tolo ka tuig magdunggoan ang mga sakayan sa Tarsis, managdala sa bulawan, ug salapi, garing, ug mga onggoy ug mga pavo. |
| Croatian | Kraljeve su laðe išle u Taršiš s Hiramovim slugama; svake treæe godine vraæale su se i dolazile taršiške laðe donoseæi zlato i srebro, slonovu kost, majmune i paune. |
| Danish | Kongen havde nemlig Skibe, det sejlede på Tarsis med Hurams Folk; og een Gang hverttredje År kom Tarsisskibene, ladet med Guld, Sølv, Elfenben, Aber og Påfugle. |
| Dutch | Want des konings schepen voeren naar Tharsis, met de knechten van Huram; eens in drie jaren kwamen de schepen van Tharsis in, brengende goud, en zilver, elpenbeen, en apen, en pauwen. |
| Finnish | Kuninkaalla oli näet laivoja, jotka kulkivat Tarsiiseen Huuramin palvelijain kanssa; kerran kolmessa vuodessa Tarsiin-laivat tulivat ja toivat kultaa ja hopeata, norsunluuta, apinoita ja riikinkukkoja. |
| French | Car le roi avait des navires de Tarsis naviguant avec les serviteurs de Huram; et tous les trois ans arrivaient les navires de Tarsis, apportant de l`or et de l`argent, de l`ivoire, des singes et des paons. |
| German | Denn die Schiffe des Königs fuhren auf dem Meer mit den Knechten Hurams und kamen in drei Jahren einmal und brachten Gold, Silber, Elfenbein, Affen und Pfauen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Salomo mempunyai banyak kapal besar yang berlayar di samudra raya bersama kapal-kapal Raja Hiram. Tiga tahun sekali kapal-kapal itu kembali membawa emas, perak, gading, kera dan burung merak. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena segala kapal baginda berlayar ke Tarsis serta dengan hamba-hamba Hiram, maka dalam tiga tahun sekali masuklah segala kapal dari Tarsis itu bermuatkan emas dan perak dan gading dan beberapa ekor kera dan burung merak. |
| Italian | Difatti le navi del re andavano a Tarsìs, guidate dai marinai di Curam; ogni tre anni tornavano le navi di Tarsìs cariche d'oro, d'argento, di avorio, di scimmie e di babbuini. |
| Maori | He kaipuke hoki a te kingi, rere ai ki Tarahihi me nga tangata a Hurama: kotahi te unga mai i nga tau e toru o nga kaipuke o Tarahihi, me te mau mai i te koura, i te hiriwa, i te rei, i te makimaki, i te pikake. |
| Portuguese | Pois o rei tinha navios que iam a Társis com os servos de Hurão; de três em três anos os navios voltavam de Társis, trazendo ouro, prata, marfim, bugios e pavões. |
| Rumanian | Cqci kmpqratul avea corqbii din Tarsis cari cqlqtoreau cu slujitorii lui Hiram; wi la fiecare trei ani veneau corqbiile din Tarsis, aducknd aur wi argint, fildew, maimuye wi pquni. |
| Russian | ЙВП ЛПТБВМЙ ГБТС ИПДЙМЙ Ч жБТУЙУ У УМХЗБНЙ иЙТБНБ, Й Ч ФТЙ ЗПДБ ТБЪ ЧПЪЧТБЭБМЙУШ ЛПТБВМЙ ЙЪ жБТУЙУБ Й РТЙЧПЪЙМЙ ЪПМПФП Й УЕТЕВТП, УМПОПЧХА ЛПУФШ Й ПВЕЪШСО Й РБЧМЙОПЧ. |
| Spanish | Porque los barcos del rey iban a Tarsis con los siervos de Hiram; y una vez cada tres años venían los barcos de Tarsis trayendo oro, plata, marfil, monos y pavos reales. |
| Swedish | Ty konungen hade skepp som gingo till Tarsis med Hurams folk; en gång vart tredje år kommo Tarsis-skeppen hem och förde med sig guld och silver, elfenben, apor och påfåglar. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "APES": airscapes, audiotapes, bedrapes, broomrapes, canapes, capes, chapes, cityscapes, cloudscapes, crapes, drapes, escapes, etapes, gapes, grapes, inscapes, jackanapes, japes, landscapes, misshapes, moonscapes, napes, preshapes, pretapes, rapes, relandscapes, reshapes, retapes, sarapes, scapes, scrapes, seascapes, serapes, shapes, snowscapes, stapes, streetscapes, tapes, townscapes, transshapes, trapes, undrapes, videotapes, watapes, waterscapes, wattapes, waveshapes, wickapes. (additional references) | |
Words containing "APES": anapest, anapestic, anapestics, anapests, capeskin, capeskins, cheapest, gapeseed, gapeseeds, grapeshot, jackanapeses, rapeseed, rapeseeds, tapestried, tapestries, tapestry, tapestrying, trapesed, trapeses, trapesing. (additional references) | |
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"APES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abes, abez, acpcs, afps, ahes, aipim, ajes, alpes, aoes, Aopec, aops, apa, Apacs, apae, apars, apas, apast, apcs, apea, apeas, apec, apee, apees, apeese, apeg, Apeh, apel, apen, Apep, apeq, apers, Apesco, apet, apeth, apew, apey, Apfel, aphe, Aphek, api, Apic, apise, aples, apls, apme, Apms, apos, aposi, Appius, appts, aprs, aps, Apsey, Apsg, Apss, apu, Apxs, Aqesqn, arpas, Arpels, Arpus, ates, atps, aves, eppes, eps, ipez, mapse, opes, opez, paes, Paez, wapse. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "APES" (pronounced ā"ps) |
| 3 | ā" p s | capes, crepes, drapes, escapes, grapes, rapes, scrapes, shapes, tapes, traipse, videotapes. |
| 2 | -p s | airdrops, airships, airstrips, allotropes, Alps, ambassadorships, amidships, apocalypse, apprenticeships, archetypes, audiotapes, backdrops, backups, bagpipes, battleships, beeps, bellhops, biceps, bishops, Blimps, blips, bookshops, bootstraps, breakups, buildups, bumps, buttercups, camps, cantaloupes, caps, chairmanships, championships, Champs, chaps, checkups, chimps, chips, chirps, chops, clamps, claps, cleanups, clips, closeups, clumps, collapse, contretemps, copes, cops, corpse, coupes, coverups, cramps, craps, creeps, crimps, crops, cups, cyclops, damps, dealerships, desktops, develops, dictatorships, dips, directorships, distributorships, doorsteps, drips, drops, drupes, dumps, dupes, eclipse, elapse, ellipse, elopes, envelopes, envelops, equips, eyedrops, fellowships, fingertips, flagships, flaps, flips, flops, footsteps, forceps, friendships, gaps, gasps, genotypes, gigaflops, glimpse, gossips, governorships, grasps, gripes, grips, groups, grownups, gulps, gunships, gyroscopes, handicaps, hangups, hardships, harps, heaps, helps, hiccups, hilltops, hips, holdups, hookups, hoops, hopes, hops, horoscopes, hubcaps, hypes, internships, isotopes, jeeps, judgeships, juleps, jumps, keeps, kelps, kidnaps, kneecaps, Kops, lamps, landscapes, laps, lapse, laptops, leaderships, leaps, lightships, limps, lineups, linkups, lips, lollipops, loops, Lopes, lumps, maps, markups. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: apse, pase, peas, spae. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-p-s" | |
-1 letter: ape, asp, pas, pea, pes, sae, sap, sea, spa. | |
-2 letters: ae, as, es, pa, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-p-s" | |
+1 letter: apers, apres, apses, aspen, asper, capes, ephas, gapes, heaps, japes, lapse, leaps, napes, neaps, paces, pages, paise, pales, panes, pares, parse, paseo, pases, passe, paste, pates, pause, paves, paxes, peags, peaks, peals, peans, pears, pease, peats, phase, pleas, prase, presa, psoae, rapes, reaps, salep, scape, sepal, sepia, septa, shape, sneap, space, spade, spaed, spaes, spake, spale, spare, spate, speak, spean, spear, tapes, tepas. | |
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