# chimpanzee

Pronunciation: say "chim-PAN-zee" /t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/

## Noun

1. A great ape native to the savannas and forests of Africa, considered along with the bonobo to be humans' closest living relative.
   - Simple: A large African ape with dark hair, very smart, and the closest animal relative to people.
   - _A wild chimpanzee uses stones and sticks as tools to crack nuts and fish for termites._
   - _Chimpanzees share roughly ninety-eight percent of their DNA with humans._
2. Any member of the genus Pan, a group of great apes that also includes the bonobo, once known as the pygmy chimpanzee.
   - Simple: Any ape belonging to the small group of great apes that also includes the bonobo.
   - _The bonobo and the common ape together make up the only two living species of chimpanzee._
   - _Conservationists protect every species of chimpanzee, the bonobo included, across central African forests._

## Origin

First recorded in 1738, the name derives from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola (compare Vili ci-mpenzi), and was probably brought into English via French chimpanzé.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/chimpanzee (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).