BONOBO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bonobo mean? 

• BONOBO (noun)
  The noun BONOBO has 1 sense:

1. small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species

  Familiarity information: BONOBO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONOBO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bonobo; Pan paniscus; pygmy chimpanzee

Hypernyms ("bonobo" is a kind of...):

chimp; chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes (intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests)

Holonyms ("bonobo" is a member of...):

genus Pan; Pan (chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids)

 Context examples 

A taxonomic family that was originally restricted to humans and their extinct relatives, but now also includes the gorilla, orangutan, chimpanzee and bonobo.

(Hominidae, NCI Thesaurus)