SILVERBACK

Meaning of SILVERBACK in English

■ noun a mature male mountain gorilla, which is distinguished by an area of white or silvery hair across the back and is the dominant member of its social group.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SILVERBACK — noun Date: 1963 an older adult usually dominant male gorilla having gray or whitish hair on the back
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SILVERBACK — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun New England : knot III b II. noun : an older adult usually dominant male gorilla having …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SILVERBACK — (n.) The knot.
Английский словарь Webster
SILVERBACK — ( n. ) The knot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SILVERBACK — /sil"veuhr bak'/ , n. an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SILVERBACK — noun Date: 1963 : an older adult usually dominant male gorilla having gray or whitish hair on the back
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SILVERBACK — noun the knot.
Webster English vocab
SILVERBACK — [sil.ver.back] n (1963): an older adult usu. dominant male gorilla having gray or whitish hair on the back
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SILVERBACK — / ˈsɪlvəbæk; NAmE -vərb-/ noun a male adult gorilla with white or silver hair across its back
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SILVERBACK — Elderly driver. Example: That silverback can't even see over the steering wheel.
Slang English vocab
SILVERBACK — доминантный самец в группе горилл
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SILVERBACK — доминантный самец в группе горилл
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SILVERBACK — n. Pronunciation: ' sil-v ə r- ˌ bak Function: noun Date: 1963 : an older adult usually dominant male gorilla …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GORILLA — Male gorilla (Gorilla gorilla). largest of the anthropoid, or manlike, apes (family Pongidae). It is the closest living relative to …
Britannica English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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