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Webster 1913 Edition


Tschego

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Tsche′go

,
Noun.
[From a native name.]
(Zool.)
A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also
tscheigo
,
tschiego
,
nschego
,
nscheigo
.