chimpanzeenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌtʃɪm.pænˈziː/us/ˌtʃɪm.pænˈziː/informal chimp,a small, very intelligent African ape with black or brown fur
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Humans, apes & monkeys
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- anthropoid
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- baboon
- earthling
- hominid
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- human
- humanity
- lemur
- man
- mandrill
- mankind
- marmoset
- monkey
- rhesus monkey
- simian
- spider monkey
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Examples from literature
- While many other animals, such as chimpanzees and dolphins, live in groups and communicate, scientists don’t know for certain whether they can talk and share complicated ideas.
- Both chimpanzee and orang are markedly contrasted with the fierce and gloomy gorilla.
- He reminds us how close we are of kin to the frolicsome chimpanzee.
- Man's brain is more complicated than that of the higher apes—gorilla, orang, and chimpanzee—and it is relatively larger.
- The anatomical structure of man is closely similar to that of the anthropoid apes—the gorilla, the orang, the chimpanzee, and the gibbon.
- There is a long gamut between the bushy-tailed, almost squirrel-like marmosets and the big-brained chimpanzee.