Pan
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- noun
- /pæn/
- Specialized
- Pan American World Airways Clipper, flight 701, El Interamericano for Buenos Aires and intermediate cities now boarding at Pan American concourse.
Examples
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Researchers study the Pan troglodytes subspecies to gain insights into human behavior and evolution.
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Directed by Alobar, Pan endeavored to brush as closely as possible to people in the street.
Fiction book (1990) -
At critical moments last year, the pan-democratic movement in Hong Kong looked to be on the verge of failure.
Academic text (2015) -
My mother pours boiling water into a pan of lime Jell-O mix.
Fiction book (1990) -
The Pan genus includes species such as chimpanzees and bonobos, which share a close genetic relationship with humans.
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The discovery of new behaviors among Pan bonobos has shed light on their complex social structures.
Idioms
- Informal
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A person or thing that has a short time of success and then people forget them
Compounds
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An area in New York where many popular songwriters and music publishers worked in the early 1900s
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A flat collar with rounded ends that meet at the front and appears on women's and children's clothing
- Specialized
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A large wild ape that lives in African forests and uses simple tools
- Specialized
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A type of chimpanzee from central Africa with a black face
- Archaic
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A long metal pan with a handle and lid filled with hot coals to warm a bed before sleeping
- Specialized
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A large ape like a chimpanzee that lives in forests of the Congo Basin, often called the bonobo
- Formal
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An organization that helped countries in the Americas work together before the Organization of American States
- Specialized
A kind of chimpanzee that lives in east-central Africa and has long hair
- Specialized
A western African chimpanzee with a pale face that is endangered
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pan is the scientific name for a group of apes and was taken from the Greek god Pan, who lived in the 'woods' and was wild. So, remembering the god Pan helps you recall that Pan names the chimpanzees and bonobos, forest animals closely related to humans.