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PAN PANISCUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species
Synonyms:
bonobo; Pan paniscus; pygmy chimpanzee
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pan paniscus" is a kind of...):
chimp; chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes (intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests)
Holonyms ("Pan paniscus" is a member of...):
genus Pan; Pan (chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids)