Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 21 compound words that contain apes. The most common are listed below. Open apes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- great apesplural of great ape: A large non-human primate, such as a gorilla, an orangutan, or a chimpanzee.
- red apesplural of red ape: Synonym of orangutan (Pongo spp.).
- black apesplural of black ape: Macaca nigra, an Old World monkey found on Sulawesi and neighbouring islands.
- bush apesplural of bush ape: Synonym of logger (“a worker whose occupation is to harvest trees”)
- dental apesplural of dental ape: A dryopithecine (†Dryopithecus).
- naked apesplural of naked ape: A human being.
- night-apesplural of night-ape: douroucouli (Aotus spp.)
- nose apesplural of nose ape: A reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey, of species Nasalis larvatus, with an unusually large nose, endemic to Borneo.
- sacred apesplural of sacred ape: The entellus.
- sea apesplural of sea ape: A sea otter (Enhydra lutris).
- semi-apesplural of semi-ape: A hypothetical organism intermediate between human and ape.
- swamp apesplural of swamp ape: A hominid creature said to inhabit the Southeastern United States.
- skunk apesplural of skunk ape: A hominid creature said to inhabit the Southeastern United States.
- hog-faced apesplural of hog-faced ape: Synonym of baboon (Papio spp.)
- Barbary apesplural of Barbary ape: A tailless monkey, Macaca sylvanus, found on Gibraltar and in parts of north Africa
- Bili apesplural of Bili ape: A gorilla-like type of chimpanzee found in the Bili Forest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- North American wood apesplural of North American wood ape: A large hairy apelike, though upright walking, creature of North America; a Bigfoot.
- lesser apesplural of lesser ape: gibbon, hylobatid
- Jane-of-apesA silly, pert girl; a female jackanapes.
- half-apesplural of half-ape: lemur
- hog-apesplural of hog-ape: Synonym of baboon (Papio spp.).
- man apesplural of man ape: Any anthropoid ape, such as the gorilla.
Compound words 21
- escapesplural of escape: To get free; to free oneself.
- scrapesplural of scrape: To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
- canapesplural of canape: An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.
- Aldapesplural of Aldape: A surname.
- CayapesA barangay of Kapangan, Benguet, Philippines.
- covertapesplural of covertape: A cassette tape offered as a covermount, containing music or computer software.
- Lenapesplural of Lenape: A member of a group of aboriginal Americans who were living in what is now New Jersey and along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, the coast of Delaware, and the lower Hudson Valley and New York Harbor in New York, at …
- pretapesthird-person singular simple present indicative of pretape: To tape in advance.
- rerapesthird-person singular simple present indicative of rerape: To rape again.
- retapesthird-person singular simple present indicative of retape: To tape again.