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chuman

/ˈt͡ʃuː.mən/

chuman noun: a hypothetical hybrid of a male chimpanzee and a female human.

Noun

chuman (plural chumans)

  1. A hypothetical hybrid of a male chimpanzee and a female human.
    • The chuman had been sheer fantasy. Oliver was an unusual chimp, yet a chimp just the same. But what really stands in the way of a chuman? Did chumans ever exist?2016, Itai Yanai, Lercher Martin, The Society of Genes, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 151
    Synonyms:
    chimphuman

Synonyms of chuman

Forms of chuman

pluralchumans

Origin of chuman

Blend of chimpanzee or chimp + human.

Words that rhyme with chuman

Questions about chuman

What does chuman mean?
Chuman means a hypothetical hybrid of a male chimpanzee and a female human.
What part of speech is chuman?
Chuman is a noun.
How do you pronounce chuman?
Chuman is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃuː.mən/.
What is the plural of chuman?
The plural of chuman is chumans.

Words near chuman in the dictionary

  1. chum in
  2. chum in the water
  3. chum salmon
  4. chum salmons
  5. chum up
  6. chuman
  7. chumans
  8. chumar
  9. chumars
  10. Chumash
  11. Chumashan

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