supermonkey

Noun

1. A monkey with remarkable abilities.
   • But a supermonkey isn't the same as an 'almost man.' They belong to a different niche of existence. There isn't a simple ladder with monkeys down there and us up here. - 1981, Terry Carr, Universe 11:
   • Its busy little brain must and will be kept going on whatever is handy. And in this respect, as in many others, man is a supermonkey. - 1984, Isaac Asimov, Asimov's new guide to science:
   • Maverick scientist Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) leaves his research vessel to bring back a wayward, genetically altered supermonkey who has escaped in a shuttle. - 2007, Mark Roncace, Patrick Gray, Teaching the Bible...