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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)
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