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chimpanzee

noun
🔊/ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː/
🔊/ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː/
(also informal chimp
🔊/tʃɪmp/
🔊/tʃɪmp/
)
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  1. a small intelligent African ape黑猩猩
     (= an animal like a large monkey without a tail)    Topics Animalsc1
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French chimpanzé, from Kikongo (a language spoken in central Africa).