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GENUS PAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids

Synonyms:

genus Pan; Pan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Pan" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pan"):

chimp; chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes (intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests)

bonobo; Pan paniscus; pygmy chimpanzee (small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species)

Holonyms ("genus Pan" is a member of...):

family Pongidae; Pongidae (usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons)

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