chimpanzee

«chimpanzee» in Mova's school dictionary: an intelligent ape with black hair, long arms and no… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a chimpanzee, chimpanzees)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

2) Chimpanzees, together with bonobos, are the closest living animal relatives of humans. tree →

sense 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 →
• A chimpanzee used a stone to crack open a nut. tree →
• Chimpanzees share a lot of their DNA with humans. tree →
• Jane Goodall watched wild chimpanzees for many years. tree →
• Chimpanzees groom each other to stay friends. tree →
• Chimpanzees are apes, not monkeys. tree →
• The chimpanzee made a nest of leaves high in a tree. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• Wild chimpanzees make tools: they fish for termites with stripped twigs, crack nuts with stones and use leaves as sponges.
• Dogs follow human pointing very well, even as puppies, while wolves and chimpanzees find it hard.
• A chimpanzee bends branches into a fresh bed every single night, a bit like making your bed but starting with a tree.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chimpanzee» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.