chimpanzee

Etymology

The first recorded use of the name chimpanzee dates to 1738. The name is derived from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola (compare Vili ci-mpenzi), probably brought to the English language via French chimpanzé.

noun

  1. Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.
    Holonym: chimpkind
  2. (broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which is also known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

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