These are the meanings of the letters PEA when you unscramble them.
- Ape (n.)
A dupe.
- Ape (n.)
A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.
- Ape (n.)
One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
- Ape (v. t.)
To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.
- Pea (n.)
A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed.
- Pea (n.)
A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod.
- Pea (n.)
See Peak, n., 3.
- Pea (n.)
The sliding weight on a steelyard.