Chimpanzee Definition

chĭmpăn-zē, -pən-, chĭm-pănzē
chimpanzees
noun
chimpanzees
Any of a genus (Pan) of great apes of Africa, with black hair and large, protruding ears: it is smaller than a gorilla and is noted for its intelligence.
Webster's New World
The common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), of equatorial central and western Africa, having a stockier build than the bonobo (P. paniscus).
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Noun

Singular:
chimpanzee
Plural:
chimpanzees

Origin of Chimpanzee

  • The first use of the name chimpanzee did not occur until 1738. The name is derived from a Tshiluba language term kivili-chimpenze, which is the local name for the animal and translates loosely as mockman or possibly just ape.

    From Wiktionary

  • Portuguese from Vili (Bantu language of Congo) ci-mpenzi

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Chimpanzee Sentence Examples

  • Characteristic are the giraffe, the chimpanzee and the ostrich.

  • The chimpanzee has a thick body with short limbs.

  • It is probable that the Liberian chimpanzee may offer one or more distinct varieties; there is an interesting local development of the Diana monkey, sometimes called the bay-thighed monkey (Cercopithecus diana ignita) on account of its brilliant orange-red thighs.

  • Of this baby chimpanzee the skeleton may be seen in the Natural History branch of the British Museum alongside the volume in which it is described.

  • In his classification it was included in the same genus as the orang-utan; and it has recently been suggested that the name Simia pertains of right to the chimpanzee rather than to the orang-utan.

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