chimpanzee

English - Turkish

Definition of chimpanzee in English Turkish dictionary

şempanze

Jane Goodall şempanzelerin her şeyi yediklerini, vejetaryen olmadıklarını keşfetti. - Jane Goodall discovered that chimpanzees are omnivorous, not vegetarian.

Jane Goodall şempanzeler konusunda bir primatolog ve bir uzmandır. - Jane Goodall is a primatologist and an expert on chimpanzees.

(isim) şempanze

i., zool. şempanze, Anthropopithecus troglodytes

Related Terms

pygmy chimpanzee

cüce şempanze

English - English

Definition of chimpanzee in English English dictionary

A great ape of the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans

When full grown, it is from three to four feet high

See also bonobo

An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape

{i} member of the ape family which is smaller than the gorilla and lives in trees (native to Africa)

intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape. an intelligent African animal that is like a large monkey without a tail (chimpenzi). Species (Pan troglodytes) of great ape that inhabits the rain forests and woodland savannas of equatorial Africa, the closest living relative to humans. Chimps are 3-5.5 ft (1-1.7 m) tall when standing upright, weigh 70-130 lbs (32-60 kg), and have a brown or black coat and a bare face. They do most of their feeding in the trees, swinging from branch to branch; to move any distance they walk, usually on all fours, on the ground. They eat mostly fruits, berries, leaves, and seeds, some termites and ants, and occasionally a young baboon or bush pig. They are capable of problem solving, tool use, and deceit. Chimpanzees are highly social and live in flexible groups (15-100 or more members) known as communities. In the wild they live about 45 years, in captivity more than

Related Terms

pygmy chimpanzee

A bonobo, Pan paniscus

central chimpanzee

black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees

chimpanzees

plural of chimpanzee

eastern chimpanzee

long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees

pygmy chimpanzee

small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species

western chimpanzee

masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species

Hyphenation

chim·pan·zee

Turkish pronunciation

çîmpänzi

Synonyms

chimp

Pronunciation

/ʧəmˈpanzē/ /ʧɪmˈpænziː/

Etymology

() The first use of the name chimpanzee did not occur until 1738. The name is derived from a Tshiluba language term kivili-chimpenze, which is the local name for the animal and translates loosely as mockman or possibly just ape.