Advertisement
Advertisement
silverback
[ sil-ver-bak ]
noun
- an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
silverback
/ ˈɪəˌæ /
noun
- an older male gorilla with grey hair on its back
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of silverback1
Example Sentences
Another former official who was part of meetings with Trump and Boris Johnson said "they were like two silverbacks wrestling", making staff listening in next door cry with laughter.
Winston, a beloved 52-year-old western lowland gorilla and one of the oldest silverbacks in the world, died Saturday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, officials announced.
An admirer called him “the silverback gorilla of nerds.”
Both babies were sired by Kiburi, a 19-year-old silverback brought to the zoo from Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands as part of a conservation breeding program to help preserve the critically endangered gorilla subspecies.
It will only work if the group's alpha male, the silverback, is willing to accept the humans - if he does, his family will too.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse