chimpanzee

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The habitat of a chimpanzee is the rainforest.

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  1. noun A gregarious anthropoid ape (Pan troglodytes) of tropical Africa, having long dark hair and somewhat arboreal habits and exhibiting humanlike behavior and a high degree of intelligence. It is now considered vulnerable to extinction in the wild.

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  • Chemistry was a remarkable member of the anthropoid family--chimpanzee, orangutan, ape, stunted gorilla, nobody knew which. —  049 - The Mental Wizard
  • A Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee is also recuperating at the Cleveland clinic and might be a face transplant patient sometime in the future after she recovers from serious injuries. —  chron.com Chronicle
  • "The TIMED program itself started off as a chimpanzee, and it evolved into a gorilla and we need a miracle to fix it," said Sen. Ben Nevers, D-Bogalusa. —  theadvertiser.com -
  • (AP) - Attorneys for a Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee are asking a judge to seal photos of the victim and her medical records from the public. —  USATODAY.com News - Top Stories
  • Attorneys for a Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee are asking a judge to seal photos of the victim and her medical records from the public. —  phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed
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  1. Portuguese, from Vili (Bantu language of Congo) ci-mpenzi.

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  1. Also written chimpansee, and formerly chimpenza; = F. Portuguese chimpanzé = Spanish chimpancé; from the native Guinea name.
 

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/tʃɪmˈpænzi/
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