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apesses

apesses is the plural of apess.

Meaning of apess

Noun

apess (plural apesses)

  1. (rare) A female ape.
    • Yet, though his limbs with pile were rough, / And though his tail was long enough / […] / Th’ apesses [he] treated with disdain[.]1865, Richard Francis Burton, “Dirge.”, in Stone Talk (Λιθοφωνημα / Lithophonema): Being Some of the Marvellous Sayings of a Petral Portion of Fleet Street, London, to One Doctor Polyglott, Ph.D....

Questions about apesses

What is apesses the plural of?
Apesses is the plural of apess.

Words near apesses in the dictionary

  1. Apesh
  2. apeshit
  3. apesona
  4. apesonas
  5. apess
  6. apesses
  7. apetaloid
  8. apetalose
  9. apetalous
  10. apetalousness
  11. apetaly

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