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PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pygmy chimpanzee mean?
• PYGMY CHIMPANZEE (noun)
The noun PYGMY CHIMPANZEE has 1 sense:
1. small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species
Familiarity information: PYGMY CHIMPANZEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bonobo; Pan paniscus; pygmy chimpanzee
Hypernyms ("pygmy chimpanzee" is a kind of...):
chimp; chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes (intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests)
Holonyms ("pygmy chimpanzee" is a member of...):
genus Pan; Pan (chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids)
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