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Definition of Silverback
1. Noun. An adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back.
Definition of Silverback
1. n. The knot.
Definition of Silverback
1. Noun. (zoology) A mature male of the several species of gorilla, so named from the silver streaking on its back. ¹
2. Noun. (informal by extension) A dominant older human male. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Silverback
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Silverback
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Silverback
Literary usage of Silverback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"Many water plants (as Brasenia and Nymphaea, fig. 916; also fig. 805) possess
slime glands, which secrete copiously. In the gold- back and silverback ferns ..."
2. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"916; also fig. 805) possess slime glands, which secrete copiously. In the gold-
back and silverback ferns ..."
3. With the Flowers and Trees in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1914)
"In some cases the powder is white instead of yellow, and that form is popularly
distinguished by the name of silverback. ..."
4. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"A massive male silverback gorilla reaches out to greet a passing guard he recognizes.
Or he stops whatever he is doing—playing with a youngster, ..."
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