transcription, транскрипция: [ bə-ˈnō-bō; ˈbä-nə-bō, -nō- ]
noun
( plural -bos )
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1954
: a rare anthropoid ape ( Pan paniscus ) that has a more slender build and longer limbs than the related common chimpanzee ( P. troglodytes ) and that inhabits a small geographic region in equatorial Africa south of the Congo River — called also pygmy chimpanzee