"bonobo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bəˈnəʊ̯ˌbəʊ̯/ [UK], /bəˈnoʊ̯ˌboʊ̯/ [US], /ˈbɒ.nəˌboʊ̯/ [UK, US] Forms: bonobos [plural]
Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bonobo (plural bonobos)
  1. The pygmy chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river. Wikipedia link: bonobo Categories (lifeform): Hominids Translations (pygmy chimpanzee): বন’ব’ (bonöbö) (Assamese), bonobu [masculine] (Asturian), 倭黑猩猩 (wōhēixīngxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 倭猩猩 (wōxīngxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), bonobo [common-gender] (Danish), dværgchimpanse [common-gender] (Danish), bonobo [masculine] (Dutch), kongonsimpanssi (Finnish), bonobo (Finnish), bonobo [masculine] (French), Bonobo [masculine] (German), Zwergschimpanse [masculine] (German), Bonobomännchen [neuter] (German), Bonobo-Männchen [neuter] (German), Bonoboweibchen [neuter] (German), Bonobo-Weibchen [neuter] (German), בונובו (bonóbo) [masculine] (Hebrew), bonobó (Hungarian), ボノボ (bonobo) (Japanese), 보노보 (bonobo) (Korean), bonobo [masculine] (Polish), szympans bonobo [masculine] (Polish), szympans karłowaty [masculine] (Polish), bonobo [masculine] (Portuguese), bonobo (Romanian), cimpanzeu pitic [masculine] (Romanian), боно́бо (bonóbo) [masculine] (Russian), bonobo [masculine] (Spanish), dvärgschimpans [common-gender] (Swedish), bonobo [common-gender] (Swedish), โบโนโบ (boo-noo-boo) (Thai), བོ་ནོ་བོ (bo no bo) (Tibetan), bonobo (Turkish)

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