"great ape" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: great apes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} great ape (plural great apes)
  1. (archaic) A large non-human primate, such as a gorilla, an orangutan, or a chimpanzee. Tags: archaic Synonyms: great ape Hypernyms: primate, ape Hyponyms: human, chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan Related terms: lesser ape, monkey
    Sense id: en-great_ape-en-noun-en:any_large_non_human_primate
  2. Any member of the taxonomic family Hominidae, including gorilla, orangutan, chimpanzee, excluding Homo.
    Sense id: en-great_ape-en-noun-en:any_of_the_Hominidae_except_Homo
  3. Any member of the taxonomic family Hominidae, including Homo, and also many similar extinct species. Categories (lifeform): Hominids Synonyms: hominid
    Sense id: en-great_ape-en-noun-en:any_of_the_Hominidae__including_Homo Disambiguation of Hominids: 35 16 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 31 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 28 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 24 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae): 類人猿 (Chinese Mandarin), 类人猿 (lèirényuán) (Chinese Mandarin), mensaap [masculine] (Dutch), iso ihmisapina (Finnish), hominidé [masculine] (French), grand singe [masculine] (French), gran simio [masculine] (Galician), Großaffe [masculine] (German), Grossaffe [Liechtenstein, Switzerland, masculine] (German), Großäffin [feminine] (German), Grossäffin [Liechtenstein, Switzerland, feminine] (German), Menschenaffe [masculine] (German), Menschenäffin [feminine] (German), Hominide [masculine] (German), Hominid [masculine, uncommon] (German), Hominidin [feminine] (German), gran simio [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'ape of the taxonomic family Hominidae': 3 48 49

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