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IPA transcription: ['tʃɪmp]

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Noun

  • intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

Usage examples

  • Further from the roads, however, the chimpanzees become progressively "naive".
  • For example, tool usage is learned between generations within chimpanzee troupes.
  • Humans and their closest-living relatives chimpanzees are also pack hunters.
  • It is about an attempt by a genetically modified chimpanzee to achieve human rights.
  • Some chimpanzee troupes have been observed consuming aspilia.
  • The limbs of chimpanzees, compared to those of humans, reveal their different lifestyle.
  • A chimpanzee's arms are longer than its legs.
  • He eventually escaped with the help of one of his captor's mistresses, Chimpu Orma.
  • All the chimps wear diapers, though, so it's a lot like "Frasier".
  • He had a big chimpanzee that was a winner.