great ape, pongid

any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae

• orangutan, orang, orangutang, Pongo pygmaeus — large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
• gorilla, Gorilla gorilla — largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
• chimpanzee, chimp, Pan troglodytes — intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

• anthropoid ape — any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae

• Pongidae, family Pongidae — usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons