English Explanatory Dictionary

bonobo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A great ape, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.

Pronunciation

/bəˈnəʊ̯ˌbəʊ̯/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bonobo.wav /bəˈnoʊ̯ˌboʊ̯/ /ˈbɒ.nəˌboʊ̯/

Word forms

bonobo bonobos

Etymology

From Bolobo, a village on the Congo River where Europeans first made contact with the species. Bolobo is possibly imitative of the bubbling of the rapids at that section of the Congo.

Synonyms

dwarf chimpanzee hippie chimp pygmy chimpanzee
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