Bonobo Definition
bə-nōbō, bŏnə-bō
bonobos
noun
A small, long-limbed chimpanzee (Pan paniscus) of the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Webster's New World
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bonobosOrigin of Bonobo
Probably from a misspelling of Bolobo the name of a town on the Congo River (now in the Democratic Republic of Congo) that was labeled on the crates in which the first living bonobos were sent to Europe
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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