[ noun ] small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species <noun.animal>
bonobo \bo*no"bo\ (b[-o]*n[=o]"b[=o]), n. an anthropoid ape ({Pan paniscus}), resembling but smaller than the common chimpanzee ({Pan troglodytes}); -- called also {pygmy chimpanzee}. It is found in the forests of Zaire.