bonobo

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/bəˈnəʊ̯ˌbəʊ̯/ (UK)
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/bəˈnəʊ̯ˌbəʊ̯/ (UK) · /bəˈnoʊ̯ˌboʊ̯/ (US) · /ˈbɒ.nəˌboʊ̯/ (UK)

Definition of bonobo

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A great ape, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.

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Etymology

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.

Words you can make from bonobo

12 playable · top: BOBO (8 pts)

Best play bobo 8 points

4-letter words

3 words

3-letter words

5 words

2-letter words

3 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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