Chuman

//ˈt͡ʃuː.mən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hypothetical hybrid of a male chimpanzee and a female human.

    "The chuman had been sheer fantasy. Oliver was an unusual chimp, yet a chimp just the same. But what really stands in the way of a chuman? Did chumans ever exist?"

Example

More examples

"The chuman had been sheer fantasy. Oliver was an unusual chimp, yet a chimp just the same. But what really stands in the way of a chuman? Did chumans ever exist?"

Etymology

Blend of chimpanzee or chimp + human.

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