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SILVERBACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does silverback mean?
• SILVERBACK (noun)
The noun SILVERBACK has 1 sense:
1. an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back
Familiarity information: SILVERBACK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("silverback" is a kind of...):
gorilla; Gorilla gorilla (largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa)
Holonyms ("silverback" is a member of...):
genus Gorilla (gorillas)
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