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猿

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Definitions

  1. 1. ape

Words Containing 猿

猿玃
yuán jué

legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls

笼鸟槛猿
lóng niǎo jiàn yuán

bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner

南方古猿
nán fāng gǔ yuán

Australopithecus

程序猿
chéng xù yuán

(Internet slang) code monkey

黑冠长臂猿
hēi guān cháng bì yuán

black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)

类人猿
lèi rén yuán

hominid

猿臂
yuán bì

arms like those of an ape — muscular, or long and dexterous

玃猿
jué yuán

legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls

猿人
yuán rén

apeman

无尾猿
wú wěi yuán

ape

心猿意马
xīn yuán yì mǎ

lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.)

人猿
rén yuán

anthropoid ape

长臂猿
cháng bì yuán

gibbon

北京猿人
běi jīng yuán rén

Peking ape-man

猿猴
yuán hóu

apes and monkeys

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