monkey
(cladistically) Any simian, including humans.
Seen in the wild
My semi regular #Helldivers2 Squad and I have dubbed this the "Monkey" and I don't even feel bad about it. It is also the callout. "MONKEY." "MONKEY!!!!" "DOUBLE MONKEY!!!"
Turned 40 in 2024 and it feels like I monkey pawed us.
That’s the famous, and not notably beautiful/seductive Japanese Monkey-fish from the Horniman Museum in south London. You can see it in this Victorian era magazine illustration – although, oddly they’re not the same o…
Holly is allowed in pets at home here and she has been in the store a few times. In america people take their monkey 🐒 to the stores it shocks me yet I think it's brilliant. You could be pinching a grape 🍇 with a mo…
I believe I specifically checked the box that says “No Monkey-Pawing”.
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(cladistically) Any simian, including humans.
“I believe I specifically checked the box that says “No Monkey-Pawing”.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“"Monkey paw, this is my wish, but absolutely no tricks, OK? Be a good paw. Now I should be fine."”
— Bluesky· May 2026“👒Monkey D. Ruffy, der künftige König der Piraten hat heute Geburtstag! Welches One Piece-Game ist euer Favorit? 🏴☠️”
— Bluesky· May 2026“www.fixdeviantart.com/toy-soldier-... looks like someone made a monkey out of Elaine… #tf #transformation”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The 2nd Global ONE PIECE Character Popularity Contest I voted for “MONKEY D. LUFFY”! onepiecewt100-2026.com/en/vote/shar... happy birthday king ❤️❤️ #ONEPIECE #ONEPIECE_WT100”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(strictly) A member of the clade other than those in the clade containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole.
“My semi regular #Helldivers2 Squad and I have dubbed this the "Monkey" and I don't even feel bad about it. It is also the callout. "MONKEY." "MONKEY!!!!" "DOUBLE MONKEY!!!"”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Turned 40 in 2024 and it feels like I monkey pawed us.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“That’s the famous, and not notably beautiful/seductive Japanese Monkey-fish from the Horniman Museum in south London. You can see it in this Victorian era magazine illustration – although, oddly they’re not the same object”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Holly is allowed in pets at home here and she has been in the store a few times. In america people take their monkey 🐒 to the stores it shocks me yet I think it's brilliant. You could be pinching a grape 🍇 with a monkey 🐒”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Monkey-see-monkey-do Definition & Meaning”
— r/words· Apr 2026
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(loosely, sometimes, _, proscribed) Any simian primate other than hominids; any monkey or ape.
Following monkeys, apes, and other creatures in their habitats, these scientists turned their notes and observations into voluminous, quantitative data. Other examples of nonhuman self-domestication in the wild exist—for instance, the Za…
“We're are like antelope runnin round. Mammals bullshitting breeding and then dying just like every other mammal. Monkey dog possum or whatever.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“2026年05月05日の更新情報: AlwaysMouseWheel、Monkey's Audio、AnyDesk、RunJS、Zed、HeidiSQL、Directory Monitor、mas-cli等が更新されました。”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Tuesday morning view from my office : clematis, solanum , lilac, hawthorn and the Monkey Puzzle tree we planted when we bought the house in the last millennium.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Reserve Bank governor says she understands that people are hurting. BULLSHIT she only understands that the banks and their share holders will make more record breaking profits thanks to her. A monkey could run the Reserve Bank!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hoy en Gamerah, la web, Narg reseña un juego de monos en bolas, concretamente el Monobola Plátano Rumboso. "Es redondo", comenta. gamerah.net/super-monkey...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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