GENUS PAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pan mean? • GENUS PAN (noun)
The noun GENUS PAN has 1 sense:
1. chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
Familiarity information: GENUS PAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS PAN (noun)
Meaning:
Chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pan; Pan
Hypernyms ("genus Pan" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pan"):
chimp; chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes (intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests)
bonobo; Pan paniscus; pygmy chimpanzee (small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species)
Holonyms ("genus Pan" is a member of...):
family Pongidae; Pongidae (usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons)
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