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CHIMPANZEE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

Synonyms:

chimp; chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes

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Nouns denoting animals

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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