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pygmy chimpanzee

[ pig-mee chim-pan-zee, chim-pan-zee ]

noun

  1. (formerly) bonobo ( def ).


pygmy chimpanzee

noun

  1. another name for bonobo
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pygmy chimpanzee1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

The bonobo or pygmy chimpanzee – humankind’s closest living relative – has mastered the human art of babytalk.

On 1 June 1698 the foremost anatomist of the day, Edward Tyson, came before the Royal Society to present his findings on the dissection of a pygmy chimpanzee.

From BBC

But the great apes, and the pygmy chimpanzee Pan paniscus in particular, go much further.

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