PYGMY CHIMPANZEE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species

Synonyms:

bonobo; Pan paniscus; pygmy chimpanzee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pygmy chimpanzee" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("pygmy chimpanzee" is a member of...):

genus Pan; Pan (chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids)

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