bonobo
nounUK /bəˈnəʊ̯ˌbəʊ̯/ · US /bəˈnoʊ̯ˌboʊ̯/
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.
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A great ape, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.
- Hypernyms
- primate