Jastrow: קוֹף II

קוֹף II m. (b. h.) ape. Kil. VIII, 6. Bekh. 8ᵃ הפיל והק׳ והקיפוף וכ׳ the elephant, the ape, and the long-tailed ape (cercopithacos) give birth after three years of pregnancy. B. Bath. 58ᵃ כק׳ בפני אדם as inferior in looks as the ape is to man. Yoma 29ᵇ כמו שסדרו הק׳ as if an ape had arranged it on the table (as an unconscious act). Tanḥ. P’ḳudé 3; a. e.—[Par. III, 5 בן הקוף, Mish. ed., v. קַיָּף.]—Pl. קוֹפִים, קוֹפִין, קוֹפוֹת. B. Kam. 80ᵃ; Tosef. ib. VIII, 17. Snh. 109ᵃ נעשו ק׳ ורוחות וכ׳ were turned into apes, spirits, demons and night-demons. Gen. R. s. 23 (in the days of Enosh) נעשו … כק׳ men’s faces were made to be ape-like. Koh. R. to VI, 11 (ref. to מרבים הבל, ib.) כגון מגדלי ק׳ וכ׳ as those who rear apes, cats &c.; a. e.