Dictionary entry

Simia

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Sim″i‐a (?), n. [L., an ape; cf. simus flatnosed, snub-nosed, Gr. ���.] (Zoöl.) 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.