单词 | pongidae |
释义 | Pongidae[ pon-ji-dee ] / ˈpɒn dʒɪ di / noun (used with a singular or plural verb)Anthropology, Zoology.the primate family comprising gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans: no longer used in taxonomy, it is subsumed by the family Hominidae, which includes humans. Origin of PongidaeFirst recorded in 1910–15; from New Latin Pongidae, equivalent to Pong(o), type genus (said to be from Kongo mpongi, mpungu “ape”) + -idae see origin at -idae Words nearby Pongidaepone, pong, ponga, pongee, pongid, Pongidae, pongo, poniard, ponograph, pons, pons asinorum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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