bonobo
A great ape, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo riverA great ape, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.
» Bonobos often use sexual behavior, sometimes homosexual, sometimes heterosexual, for social negotiation.
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1 sensesA great ape, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.
Bonobo, Zwergschimpanse, Bonobomännchen
боно́боbonóbo
- small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species
Examples
4 sentencesBonobos often use sexual behavior, sometimes homosexual, sometimes heterosexual, for social negotiation.
Bonobos are also different in that they have a more egalitarian and cooperative society than chimpanzees.
Gorillas pound their chests. Bonobos fuck. Chimpanzees and humans go to war.
Chimpanzees and bonobos share almost ninety-nine percent of our DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid.
Translations
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Origin
From Bolobo, a village on the Congo River where Europeans first made contact with the specFrom 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: bonobosSynonyms
3 synonyms- small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species:pygmy chimpanzeePan paniscus
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.