Bonobo
/bəˈnoʊ̯ˌboʊ̯/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A great ape, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.
- 2 small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsEtymology
From Bolobo, a village on the Congo River where Europeans first made contact with the species. Bolobo is possibly imitative of the bubbling of the rapids at that section of the Congo.