Barbary ape : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Barbary ape	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Barbary ape
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Barbary ape n tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar Synonym(s): Barbary ape, Macaca sylvana
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbary \Bar"ba*ry\, n. [Fr. Ar. Barbar the people of Barbary.] 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} (Zo[94]l.), an ape ({Macacus innus}) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.