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Barbary ape
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Barbary ape
n.
A tailless monkey (Macaca sylvana) of Gibraltar and northern Africa. Also called magot.
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Noun1.Barbary apeBarbary ape - tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar
Macaca sylvana
macaque - short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa


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Legend has it that as tong as the Barbary apes roam the Rock of Gibraltar, it will stay under British rule--as it has been since 1783.
Apes rule the rock by New York Times Upfront
None of the remaining 10 Barbary apes had serologic reactions.
West Nile virus encephalitis in a Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) by Andonova, Maya / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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