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Vinony

bonobo

noun

  1. one of two species in the genus Pan, along with the chimpanzee
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bəˈnəʊ̯ˌbəʊ̯/ / /bəˈnoʊ̯ˌboʊ̯/ / /ˈbɒ.nəˌboʊ̯/

noun

Etymology: 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.

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