1.
[syn: chimpanzee, chimp, Pan troglodytes]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Troglodytes \Trog`lo*dy"tes\, n. [NL. See Troglodyte.]
1. (Zool.) A genus of apes including the chimpanzee.
Note: The chimpanzee is now named Pan troglodytes., and its
genus is Pan.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) A genus of singing birds including the common
wrens.
[1913 Webster] Troglodytic
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
bonobo \bo*no"bo\ (b[-o]*n[=o]"b[=o]), n.
An anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus), resembling but smaller
than the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); -- called
also pygmy chimpanzee. It is found in the forests of Zaire.
Its genome is the closest known to humans, differing by less
than 2% in nucleotide sequence.
Syn: pygmy chimpanzee, pygmy chimp.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chimpanzee \Chim*pan"zee\ (ch[i^]m*p[a^]n"z[-e]; 277), n. [From
the native name: cf. F. chimpanz['e], chimpans['e],
chimpanz['e]e.] (Zool.)
An african ape (Pan troglodytes, formerly Anthropithecus
troglodytes, or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more
nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. It is
the most intelligent of non-human animals, and when full
grown, it is from three to four feet high. A variant called
the pygmy chimpanzee, or bonobo, has been recently
recognized as a separate species.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Pan troglodytes
n 1: intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African
forests [syn: chimpanzee, chimp, Pan troglodytes]