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eastern chimpanzee

eastern chimpanzee

5.3
A kind of chimpanzee from east-central Africa with long hair
  • noun
  • South African
translation icon : chimpancé oriental
  • The eastern chimpanzee is found mainly in Uganda and western Tanzania.

Examples

  • The eastern chimpanzee is known for its long hair.

  • Because of habitat loss, the population of the eastern chimpanzee has declined in recent decades.

  • Researchers studied a group of eastern chimpanzees in their natural habitat.

  • Many researchers study the eastern chimpanzee in their natural habitat.

  • Researchers studied a group of eastern chimpanzees living in the forests of Uganda.

  • The eastern chimpanzee, with its distinctive long hair, is a fascinating subspecies of chimpanzee.

  • Due to poaching and habitat loss, the eastern chimpanzee faces significant threats in the wild.

Synonyms

Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
vseastern chimpanzee
  • Specialized
9.9

A kind of chimpanzee that lives in east-central Africa and has long hair

is the common everyday name for the same subspecies

Surface Forms

eastern chimpanzee singular
eastern chimpanzees plural

Morphology

eastern + chimpanzee

This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'eastern' (from the east) modifies 'chimpanzee' to indicate a geographically eastern variety. A B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to chimpanzees from the eastern region (an eastern subspecies). The construction follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Eastern chimpanzee is a simple name made by putting eastern (the place) before chimpanzee (the animal), so it literally means 'a chimpanzee from the east'. That's why the term is used for the chimpanzee group living in east-central Africa and helps people tell this 'subspecies' apart.