Meaning

1 senses
  1. A great ape, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.

    Bonobo, Zwergschimpanse, Bonobomännchen

    боно́боbonóbo

More definitions
  • small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Bonobos often use sexual behavior, sometimes homosexual, sometimes heterosexual, for social negotiation.

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  2. Bonobos are also different in that they have a more egalitarian and cooperative society than chimpanzees.

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  3. Gorillas pound their chests. Bonobos fuck. Chimpanzees and humans go to war.

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  4. Chimpanzees and bonobos share almost ninety-nine percent of our DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
pygmy chimpanzee:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pygmy chimpanzee:

Origin

From Bolobo, a village on the Congo River where Europeans first made contact with the spec

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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Forms

plural: bonobos
Singularbonobo
Pluralbonobos

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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