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Washoe

[wosh-oh, waw-shoh]

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noun

b. 1965, female chimpanzee, first ape trained to communicate with humans by means of a sign language.

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Historical Examples of washoe

The adventurer with a pickaxe in Washoe may happen upon like good fortune.
Backlog Studies
Charles Dudley Warner
But seriously a Washoe wind is by no means a trifling matter.
Roughing It
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Thus the one-time picturesqueness of the Washoe Indian has degenerated.
Dixie Martin
Grace May North
The dulness of California's evolution is broken by the rush to Washoe.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas
Richard Henry Savage
In short, there was nothing but Washoe to be seen, heard, or thought of.
Crusoe's Island: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk
John Ross Browne