Simia \Sim"i*a\, n. [L., an ape; cf. simus flatnosed, snub-nosed, Gr. ???.]

(Zo["o]l.) A Linn[ae]an 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)