halfaap
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of half (“half, not quite)”) + aap (“monkey”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɑlf.aːp/
- Hyphenation: half‧aap
Noun
halfaap m (plural halfapen, diminutive halfaapje n)
- (zoology) A strepsirrhine, member of one the two suborders of primates, besides haplorhines (which includes monkeys and apes).
Coordinate terms
- brulaap
- gibbon
- mensaap
- slingeraap