Chimp more developed regarding basic linguistic expression (9)

I believe the answer is:

morphemic

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'chimp more developed regarding basic linguistic expression' is the definition.
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'chimp more developed' is the wordplay.
'developed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'chimp'+'more'='chimpmore'
'chimpmore' anagrammed gives 'MORPHEMIC'.

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