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chimpanzee|tʃɪmpænˈziː, older tʃɪmˈpænzɪ|
Also 8 chimpanze, 9 shimpanse.
[The native name in Angola, in W. Africa. (Cf. F. chimpansé, -zé, -zée.)]
A genus of African apes (Anthropopithecus), bearing the closest resemblance to man of any of the anthropoids. The name originally belonged to A. Troglodytes (formerly T. niger), which was long the only species recognized; but at least one other species is now known. (See Nature 1889, 254.)
1738Lond. Mag. Sept. 465 A most surprizing creature is brought over in the Speaker, just arrived from Carolina, that was taken in a wood at Guinea. She is the Female of the Creature which the Angolans call Chimpanze, or the Mockman. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Chimpanzee, the name of an Angolan animal..In the year 1738, we had one of these creatures brought over into England. 1788J. Matthews Voy. R. Sierra-Leone iv. (1791) 41 The Japanzees, or Chimpanzees, are also natives of this country. 1874Lubbock Orig. & Met. Ins. i. 6 The chimpanzee and the gorilla must certainly give place to the bee and the ant. |