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CHIMPANZEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
Synonyms:
chimp; chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chimpanzee" is a kind of...):
great ape; pongid (any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chimpanzee"):
Pan troglodytes verus; western chimpanzee (masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species)
eastern chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii (long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees)
central chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes troglodytes (black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees)
bonobo; Pan paniscus; pygmy chimpanzee (small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species)
Holonyms ("chimpanzee" is a member of...):
genus Pan; Pan (chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids)
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