Akademik

Pongidae

noun

usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons

• Syn: ↑family Pongidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anthropoidea, ↑suborder Anthropoidea

• Member Meronyms:

↑great ape, ↑pongid, ↑Pongo, ↑genus Pongo, ↑genus Gorilla, ↑Pan, ↑genus Pan

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\\-jəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin Pongo, type genus + -idae

: a family of primates consisting of the anthropoid apes and including the gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and gibbons

Useful english dictionary. 2012.