china grass (china gras)

The Bahmeria Bœhmeria and gra - cloth. Chinamanl (chỉ nä-man), n.; pl. Chinamen (-men). [ China + man.] A native of China, or a man of Chinese origin. The Chinaman can live and accumulate a surplus where a Caucasian would starve. N. A. Rev. , CXXVI. 522. from the native Guinea name.] A large West African ape, Troglodytes (or Anthropopithecus or Mimetes ) niger, belonging to the anthropoid or man-like monkeys, of the family Simiidæ and suborder Anthropoidea, with dark blackish brown hair, flesh-colored hands and feet, arms reaching to the knee, and very large ears, and like the orang in having the hair on its forearm Chimpanzee ( Troglodytes niger). turned backward, but differing from it in having an additional dorsal vertebra and a thirteenth pair of ribs. In its organization and form it presents a close resemblance to man. The structure of its lower extremities enables it to walk erect better than most of the apes, although its habits are in reality arboreal, and when on the ground it usually goes on all-fours. It feeds on fruits and nuts, lives in small societies, and constructs a sort of nest among the branches of trees. The height of a full-grown male chimpanzee is about four feet. This animal is most nearly related to the gorilla.