Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
ape .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word apes.
Examples
-
I hope the studios get their dirty hands off this franchise septemer11th planet of the apes: africa samir my favorite thing in planet of the apes is the whole wormhole thing. they should expand on that, how these guys got to this alternate reality/future. now that would be a good sci-fi film.
-
Even New Labour as a title apes the New Democrats.
-
Even New Labour as a title apes the New Democrats.
-
- On people being more interested in apes than Jacksons: "Any time family members dropped by Hayvenhurst, the first words out of their mouths were always, 'Where's Bubbles?'"
Brother's keeper 2009
-
Why about, for example, banning experiments on apes, is there a rational justification for that one? abb1 says:
-
No what differentiates us from the apes is we feel shame, except for rightwingers who dont understand the concept, and we use cutlery.
-
The thought of being motivated to continue pursuing and perfecting your craft by continuing to make new stuffs for our relentlessly burgeoning population of upright apes is simply a monstrosity.
Advisor: What should I do with my high school CD collection? Boing Boing 2010
-
Now, as it happens, the scientific evidence for common ancestry of man and apes is strong while the scientific evidence for race-based IQ is weak, but those are statements about reality, or a scientific evaluations, if you will.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
-
This means that they have similar counting abilities to those observed in apes, monkeys and dolphins and humans with very limited mathematical ability.
Boing Boing 2008
-
A virus identified in apes living in forests south of the Sanaga River is the closestfound to the human immunodeficiency virus.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.