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noun intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
originThe first recorded use of the name chimpanzee dates to 1738. The name is derived from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola (compare Vili ci-mpenzi), probably brought to the English language via French chimpanzé.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0