apeling

noun

Etymology

From ape + -ling.

  1. derived from *h₂ep-
  2. inherited from *apô
  3. inherited from *apō
  4. inherited from apa
  5. inherited from ape
  6. suffixed as apeling — “ape + ling

Definitions

  1. A small, young, or immature ape.

    • The murder had occurred only a week before and the baby weighed but ten-or-so pounds, barely twice its birth weight. In spite of its traumatic first experience at the hands of humans, the apeling showed little fear of us.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for apeling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA