chimpanzee

chim·pan·zee  (chmpn-z, -pn-, chm-pnz)

n.

A gregarious anthropoid ape (Pan troglodytes) of tropical Africa, having long dark hair and somewhat arboreal habits and exhibiting humanlike behavior and a high degree of intelligence. It is now considered vulnerable to extinction in the wild.

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[Portuguese, from Vili (Bantu language of Congo) ci-mpenzi.]

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chimpanzee

Noun

an intelligent small black ape of central W Africa [African dialect]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

chimpanzee - intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests chimp, 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

chimpanzee [tʃɪmpænˈziː] n → chimpancé m

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chimpanzee [tʃɪmpænˈziː] n → chimpanzé m

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chimpanzee [tʃɪmpænˈziː] n → Schimpanse m

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chimpanzee [tʃɪmpænˈziː] n → scimpanzé m inv