Main Entry: bo·no·bo

Pronunciation: \bə-ˈnō-bō; ˈbä-nə-bō, -nō-\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural bo·no·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