noun
chimpanzee
Standard zoological term for chimpanzee. In everyday conversation, チンパンジー is more common.
動物園で黒猩々を見た。
I saw a chimpanzee at the zoo.
Variant spelling using the non-iteration-mark form of 猩.
More common in everyday speech; 黒猩々 is a formal or zoological term.
Compound of 黒 (black) and 猩々 (orangutan or heavy drinker), referring to the dark-haired great ape.