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simia
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simia, n. [L., an ape; cf. simus flatnosed, snub-nosed, Gr. .].
A Linnæan genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang-outang. [1913 Webster]
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