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bonobo

bo·nobo

UK/bəˈnəʊ̯ˌbəʊ̯/ US/bəˈnoʊ̯ˌboʊ̯/ uncommon

noun

Origin

From Bolobo, a village on the Congo River where Europeans first made contact with the species. Bolobo is possibly imitative of the bubbling of the rapids at that section of the Congo.

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