pan troglodytes

Questions about pan troglodytes

What does pan troglodytes mean?

pan troglodytes means "intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests".

What is another word for pan troglodytes?

Close synonyms include chimpanzee, chimp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pan troglodytes a common word?

pan troglodytes is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.