单词 | pygmy chimpanzee |
释义 | > as lemmaspygmy chimpanzee pygmy chimpanzee n. the bonobo, Pan paniscus, a slender black-faced chimpanzee found in the lowland rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Formerly thought to be a variety of the chimpanzee, P. troglodytes. ΚΠ 1933 H. J. Coolidge in Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. 18 1 (title) Pan paniscus. Pigmy chimpanzee from south of the Congo River. 1966 R. Morris & D. Morris Men & Apes viii. 255 The strange bonobo, or pygmy chimpanzee..was originally described in 1929 as a small, black-faced race of the common chimpanzee. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xix. 487 Pan paniscus was traditionally called the ‘pygmy chimpanzee’, but most primatologists these days favour the alternative name ‘bonobo’ for the latter; indeed, the term ‘pygmy chimpanzee’ can be considered defunct. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。