Results for chimpanzee

Definitions of chimpanzee:

part of speech: noun

A species of monkey found in Africa.

part of speech: noun

One of the higher apes of Africa.

part of speech: noun

A large Central American ape related to the gorilla, but smaller and less fierce.

Usage examples for chimpanzee:

• The big chimpanzee man, Tom, had a huge pile in front of him. "Colorado Jim", George Goodchild

• " It says: 'My little black Tabby is perched on my knee; As fierce as a lion or tiger is she; She wakes- '" Tabitha's books fell unheeded to the ground, she leaped toward her tormentor with fury in her heart, and dealt him a staggering blow full on the nose, screaming in rage, " I would rather be a Tabby Catt than a cross- eyed, red- headed chimpanzee "Tabitha at Ivy Hall", Ruth Alberta Brown

• A similar anterior remnant of an abnormal parietal suture was found by Ranke in a young chimpanzee skull; but the author questions the word " chimpanzee which evidently means that the identity of the skull is somewhat doubtful. "A Bilateral Division of the Parietal Bone in a Chimpanzee; with a Special Reference to the Oblique Sutures in the Parietal Bulletin of the AMNH, Vol. XIII, Article XXI, pp. 281-295, Dec. 31, 1900", Ales Hrdlicka