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    PAN TROGLODYTES

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forestsplay

    Synonyms:

    chimp; chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Pan troglodytes" is a kind of...):

    great ape; pongid (any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Pan troglodytes"):

    Pan troglodytes verus; western chimpanzee (masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species)

    eastern chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii (long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees)

    central chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes troglodytes (black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees)

    bonobo; Pan paniscus; pygmy chimpanzee (small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species)

    Holonyms ("Pan troglodytes" is a member of...):

    genus Pan; Pan (chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids)

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