[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/chimpanzee/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / chimpanzee

# chimpanzee

noun (a chimpanzee, chimpanzees)

«chimpanzee» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A chimpanzee is an intelligent ape with black hair, long arms and no tail, which lives in groups in the forests and grasslands of central and West Africa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimpanzee/#m1)
2. Chimpanzees, together with bonobos, are the closest living animal relatives of humans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimpanzee/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons chimpanzees come up in classification (great apes), evolution (humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor and much of their DNA), tool use (sticks to fish for termites, stones to crack nuts) and conservation, as they are endangered. Jane Goodall is famous for her long study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. In everyday talk they are often called chimps.

### Examples

- Chimpanzees live in groups in African forests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimpanzee/#x1)
- A chimpanzee used a stone to crack open a nut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimpanzee/#x2)
- Chimpanzees share a lot of their DNA with humans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimpanzee/#x3)
- Jane Goodall watched wild chimpanzees for many years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimpanzee/#x4)
- Chimpanzees groom each other to stay friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimpanzee/#x5)
- Chimpanzees are apes, not monkeys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimpanzee/#x6)
- The chimpanzee made a nest of leaves high in a tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimpanzee/#x7)

### Note

Plural «chimpanzees». Short informal form: «chimp». Say «chim-pan-ZEE». Myth: humans did not evolve from chimpanzees; both came from a shared ancestor long ago.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chimpanzee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimpanzee/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chimpanzee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chimpanzee.html) on Mova free.