We found 1 definitions of lesser ape from 1 different sources.
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lesser ape - gibbons and siamangs | ||
anthropoid ape any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae | ||
family hylobatidae, hylobatidae used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae | ||
hylobates lar, gibbon smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies |