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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. Its genome is the closest known to humans, differing by less than 2% in nucleotide sequence. Syn: pygmy chimpanzee, pygmy chimp. [PJC] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: bonobo n 1: small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species [syn: {pygmy chimpanzee}, {bonobo}, {Pan paniscus}]