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[ chim-pan-zee , chim-pan -zee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌtʃɪm pænˈzi, tʃɪmˈpæn zi / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a very social great ape of sub-Saharan Africa, belonging to the genus Pan and having a brown-to-black coat, a relatively hairless face with a rounded muzzle, prominent ears, and hands adapted for knuckle-walking, and noted for its intelligence and humanlike behavior: both species, the common chimpanzee (P. troglodytes ) and the bonobo (P. paniscus ), are greatly reduced in number and considered endangered.
Origin of chimpanzee First recorded in 1730–40; origin uncertain; possibly from Vili , a Bantu language spoken on the Atlantic coast between southern Gabon and northern Angola
Words nearby chimpanzee chimney swallow, chimney sweep, chimney swift, chimney wheel, chimp, chimpanzee , Chimu, chin, china, China aster, china bark
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Example sentences from the Web for chimpanzee As a friend once told me, “A chimpanzee could have made money in L.A. real estate—and many did.”
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The author of Guns, Germs, and Steel is out with an adaptation for young people of The Third Chimpanzee .
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Tell me about your earliest personal interaction with a chimpanzee .
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On Wednesday, the collection of pictures by Mikki (pictured above), a chimpanzee , reeled in roughly $75,000 at Sotheby's.
Monkey Business | William O’Connor| June 6, 2013| DAILY BEAST
He clung to me like a chimpanzee baby with all four of his weakened limbs.
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A fish produces several thousand eggs—while the elephant or the chimpanzee have only a few young who live many years.
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The chimpanzee by nature is more sociable and is fond of human society.
Gorillas & Chimpanzees | R. L. Garner
Whether there are or are not more than one species of Chimpanzee , is a matter which has exercised and perplexed naturalists.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers Beddard
If you called a woman a chimpanzee instead of an angel, wouldn't there be a quarrel about a word?
The Ball and The Cross | G.K. Chesterton
The Catarrhini are restricted entirely to the Old World, and include the gorilla, the chimpanzee and orang-utan.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for chimpanzee noun a gregarious and intelligent anthropoid ape, Pan troglodytes, inhabiting forests in central W Africa
Word Origin for chimpanzee C18: from Kongo dialect
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