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chim⋅pan⋅zee

[chim-pan-zee, chim-pan-zee]
–noun
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.


Origin:
1730–40; presumably < a Bantu language of the Atlantic coast
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.]

Chimpanzee

Chim*pan"zee\, n. [From the native name: cf. F. chimpanz['e], chimpans['e], chimpanz['e]e.] (Zo["o]l.) An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high.
Language Translation for : chimpanzee
Spanish: chimpancé,
German: der Schimpanse,
Japanese: チンパンジー

chimpanzee 
1738, from a Bantu language of Angola (cf. Tshiluba kivili-chimpenze "ape"). Short form chimp first attested 1877.

Main Entry: chim·pan·zee
Pronunciation: "chim-"pan-'zE, "shim-, -p&n-; chim-'pan-zE, shim-
Function: noun
: an anthropoid ape of the genusPan (P. troglodytes) found in equatorial Africa that is smaller and more arboreal than the gorilla —see PYGMYCHIMPANZEE
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