I obtained a permit to see the silverback gorillas.
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Silverback
Synonyms for "silverback"
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Translations
8 translations across 8 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- zilverrug noun (mature male gorilla)
Finnish
1 entries- hopeaselkä noun (mature male gorilla)
French
1 entries- dos argenté noun (mature male gorilla)
German
1 entries- Silberrücken noun (mature male gorilla)
Polish
1 entries- srebrnogrzbiety samiec noun (mature male gorilla)
Spanish
1 entries- espalda plateada noun (mature male gorilla)
Swedish
1 entries- silverrygg noun (mature male gorilla)
Turkish
1 entries- gümüşsırt noun (mature male gorilla)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
To be clear, there’s no reason to hate the actual Harambe. After the silverback gorilla was shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016, people used “RIP Harambe” to… comment on the irony of why we mourn animals but are quick to blame humans?
Source: wiktionary
Courageously (given Ranger's status in Mugabe's Zimbabwe, and his status as a silverback in North Atlantic Academe), Kriger dissents from their arguments.
Source: wiktionary
"Have you met Professor Dolan, Bishop Blackie?" an Asian child with a beatifically innocent face asked me. "Is he that skinny silverback ape down on the first floor?"
Source: wiktionary
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