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Barbary ape   /bˈɑrbəri eɪp/   Listen
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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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... the adult human ear, which approximate simian characters somewhat more closely than does the normal type. It will be observed that in their comparatively small lobes these ears resemble those of all the apes; and that while the outer margin of one is not unlike that of the Barbary ape, the outer margin of the other follows those of the chimpanzee and orang. Of course it would be easy to select individual human ears which present either of these characters in a more pronounced degree; but these ears have been chosen as models because they present both characters in conjunction. ...
— Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) • George John Romanes



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