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Barbary ape   /bˈɑrbəri eɪp/   Listen
noun
Barbary  n.  The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. (Obs.) Also, A kind of pigeon.
Barbary ape (Zool.), an ape (Macacus innuus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.






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"Barbary ape" Quotes from Famous Books



... an Old Man of the Cape, Who possessed a large Barbary Ape; Till the Ape, one dark night, set the house all alight, Which burned that Old Man ...
— Nonsense Books • Edward Lear



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