Gibbon or gorilla Crossword Clue

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Gibbon or gorilla Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. someone who copies the words or behavior of another
2. person who resembles a nonhuman primate
(verb)
1. represent in or produce a caricature of
2. imitate uncritically and in every aspect

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GIBBON (noun)
1. English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
2. smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
GORILLA (noun)
1. largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa

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