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chimp  (chmp)

n. Informal

A chimpanzee.

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chimp [tʃɪmp]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Informal short for chimpanzee

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

chimp - intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes great ape, pongid - any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae genus Pan, Pan - chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids Pan troglodytes verus, western chimpanzee - masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species eastern chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii - long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees central chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes troglodytes - black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees bonobo, Pan paniscus, pygmy chimpanzee - small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species

Translations

chimp [ˈtʃɪmp] n (= chimpanzee) → chimpanzé m

chimp (inf), chimpanzee

n → Schimpanse m

chimp [tʃɪmp] n (fam) → scimpanzé m inv