genus Pan

genus Pan
noun
chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
Syn: ↑Pan
Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Pongidae, ↑family Pongidae
Member Meronyms: ↑chimpanzee, ↑chimp, ↑Pan troglodytes, ↑pygmy chimpanzee, ↑bonobo, ↑Pan paniscus

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