Bonobo

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  bonobo \bo*no"bo\ (b[-o]*n[=o]"b[=o]), n.
     An anthropoid ape ({Pan paniscus}), resembling but smaller
     than the common chimpanzee ({Pan troglodytes}); -- called
     also {pygmy chimpanzee}. It is found in the forests of Zaire.
     Its genome is the closest known to humans, differing by less
     than 2% in nucleotide sequence.


  
     Syn: pygmy chimpanzee, pygmy chimp.
          [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bonobo
       n : small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened
           species [syn: {pygmy chimpanzee}, {Pan paniscus}]