chimpanzee
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[edit] Etymology
The first use of the name chimpanzee did not occur until 1738. The name is derived from a Tshiluba language term kivili-chimpenze, which is the local name for the animal and translates loosely as mockman or possibly just ape.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA: /tʃɪmˈpæn.zi/, /ˌtʃɪm.pənˈziː/, /ˌtʃɪm.pænˈziː/; SAMPA: /tSIm"p{n.zi/, /%tSIm.p@n"zi:/
[edit] Noun
chimpanzee (plural chimpanzees)
- A great ape of the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans.
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ape
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