Definition of chimpanzee Chimpanzee
/ʧɪmpæˈnzi/ - [chimpanzee] - chim•pan•zee
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What does chimpanzee mean?
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NounPlural: chimpanzees |
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| chimpanzee - intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests | ||
| chimp, Pan troglodytes | ||
| great ape, pongid any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae | ||
| genus pan, pan chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids | ||
| 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 | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- chimpanzee (n.)
An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high.
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chimpanzee
A great ape of the genus Pan, native to Africa.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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chimpanzee
chim-pan′zē, n. an African ape, the highest of the anthropoid or more man-like apes, belonging to the same genus as the gorilla. [West African.]
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Chimpanzees are great apes of the genus "Pan". They live in Africa. They can walk, but prefer to climb and live in trees.
Habitat.
The "Common Chimpanzee" lives in West and Central Africa. The "Bonobo" lives in the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The two species are on opposite sides of the Congo River.
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🔤- chimpanzee, noun, singular of chimpanzees.
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