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Or your definition of "ape" includes macaques, which a twelfth century definition very possibly would.
by boomboomsubban 3y ago
Or your definition of "ape" includes macaques, which a twelfth century definition very possibly would.
- bloak 3y agoDefinitely. According to the OED, "ape" included monkeys before the word "monkey" was introduced in the 16th century, and even after that any primate without a tail was an "ape", including the "Barbary ape", as it is still often called.