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How many morphemes in the word chimps?

There is one morpheme in the word "chimps".

Here's why:

* Morpheme: The smallest unit of meaning in a language.

* "Chimps" is a complete word with a clear meaning (a type of ape). It cannot be broken down into smaller meaningful parts.

Therefore, "chimps" is a single morpheme.

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