[chim-pan-zee, chim-pan-zee] 
| a large, somewhat arboreal anthropoid ape, Pan troglodytes, of equatorial Africa, having a brown-to-black coat, a relatively hairless face with a rounded muzzle, prominent ears, and hands adapted for knuckle-walking, noted for its intelligence and humanlike behavior: now greatly reduced in number and threatened with extinction in the wild. |
| chim·pan·zee (chĭm'pān-zē', -pən-, chĭm-pān'zē) 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. [Portuguese, from Vili (Bantu language of Congo) ci-mpenzi.] |
pænˈzi
