PONGID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pongid mean? 

• PONGID (noun)
  The noun PONGID has 1 sense:

1. any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae

  Familiarity information: PONGID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PONGID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

great ape; pongid

Hypernyms ("pongid" is a kind of...):

anthropoid ape (any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pongid"):

orang; orangutan; orangutang; Pongo pygmaeus (large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits)

gorilla; Gorilla gorilla (largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa)

chimp; chimpanzee; Pan troglodytes (intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests)

Holonyms ("pongid" is a member of...):

family Pongidae; Pongidae (usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons)