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別の表記

• japanzee (obsolete)

語源

The first recorded use of the name chimpanzee dates to 1738. The name is derived from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola (compare Vili ci-mpenzi), probably brought to the English language via French chimpanzé.

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/, /ˌt͡ʃɪm.pənˈziː/, /ˌt͡ʃɪm.pænˈziː/

名詞

chimpanzee (plural chimpanzees)

1. Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape native to the savannas and forests of Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.

   Synonym: chimp

   Hyponyms: blackback, silverback

   Holonym: chimpkind

2. (obsolete) An ape of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

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