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nounchuman (plural chumans)
plural chumans
- 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 151Synonyms: chimphuman
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nounA hypothetical hybrid of a male chimpanzee and a female human.
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Blend of chimpanzee or chimp + human.
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chuman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuman
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“chuman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuman. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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