lesser ape

/ˌlɛsər eɪp/

Definitions of lesser ape

1. noun

   gibbons and siamangs
   types:

   Hylobates lar, gibbon

   smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies

   Hylobates syndactylus, Symphalangus syndactylus, siamang

   large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web

   type of:

   anthropoid ape

   any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae