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CHIMPANZEES
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | primate |
| Synonyms: | anthropoid, ape, baboon, chimpanzee, gorilla, imp, lemur, monk, orangutan, rascal, scamp, simian |
| Notes: | a monkey is a primate and not a type of ape, an ape is a primate and not a type of monkey, and a chimpanzee is a type of ape (so it's a primate but not a monkey) |
| Main Entry: | primate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anthropoid |
| Synonyms: | ape, baboon, chimpanzee, gorilla, human, lemur, mammal, man, monkey, orangutan |
| Main Entry: | primate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order of mammals |
| Synonyms: | anthropoid, ape, brachiator, cercopithecoid, chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla, great ape, hominoid, human, man, monkey, orangutan |
| Main Entry: | pygmy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small being |
| Synonyms: | chimpanzee, dwarf, elf, gnome, lilliputian, midget, pigmy, pixy, runt, shrimp |
| Notes: | a dwarf is smaller and not proportioned like an average person; a midget is smaller but is proportioned like an average full-grown person; a pygmy is perfectly proportioned but smaller than a midget |
| Antonyms: | giant |
| Main Entry: | anthropoid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ape |
| Synonyms: | chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla, humanoid, monkey, orang, orangutan, primate |
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