Found 2 items, similar to Pan troglodytes.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Pan troglodytes
Pan troglodytes
n : intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African
forests [syn:
chimpanzee,
chimp]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pan troglodytes
Troglodytes
\Trog`lo*dy"tes\, n. [NL. See
Troglodyte.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of apes including the chimpanzee.
Note: The chimpanzee is now named
Pan troglodytes., and its
genus is
Pan.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of singing birds including the common
wrens.
[1913 Webster]
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.
Syn: pygmy chimpanzee, pygmy chimp.
[PJC] ||
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.] (Zo["o]l.)
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]