different between chimpanzee vs orangutans

chimpanzee

English

Alternative forms

  • japanzee (obsolete)

Etymology

The first recorded use of the name chimpanzee dates to 1738.The name is derived from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola, comparable to Vili ci-mpenzi.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /t??m?pæn.zi/, /?t??m.p?n?zi?/, /?t??m.pæn?zi?/

Noun

chimpanzee (plural chimpanzees)

  1. A species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans.
    Synonym: chimp
    Hyponyms: blackback, silverback
    Holonym: chimpkind

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Translingual: ChHV

Translations

References

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orangutans

English

Noun

orangutans

  1. plural of orangutan

Latvian

Etymology

From Malay orang (person, man) + hutan (forest); literally, "forest man".

Pronunciation

Noun

orangutans m (1st declension)

  1. orangutan (hominid of the genus Pongo)

Declension

orangutans From the web:

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