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___ Chimpsky, primate raised as a human in a landmark language acquisition study (3)

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I believe the answer is:

nim

(Other definitions for nim that I've seen before include "Game for two" , "Game with piles of matches" , "Game played with matchsticks" , "Bag" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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