'Barbary ape' definitions:
Definition of 'Barbary ape'
(from WordNet)
noun
Tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar [syn: Barbary ape, Macaca sylvana]
Definition of 'Barbary ape'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]