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Definition of pongid in English: pongidnoun ˈpɒn(d)ʒɪdˈpɑndʒɪd Zoology A primate of a family (Pongidae ) which comprises the great apes. See also hominid Example sentencesExamples - While this view was made specifically in reference to post-Flood humans, the principle could equally apply to other forms of life, including pongids.
- If a wild crow placed in a laboratory can make a tool by bending a coathanger to get a piece of food out of a narrow-necked bottle, a gorilla, granted not the genius of the pongids but smarter than most birds, anyway, can bang things with sticks.
Origin 1950s: from modern Latin Pongidae (plural), from the genus name Pongo (see pongo). Definition of pongid in US English: pongidnounˈpɑndʒɪdˈpänjid Zoology A primate of a family (Pongidae) which comprises the great apes. See also hominid Example sentencesExamples - If a wild crow placed in a laboratory can make a tool by bending a coathanger to get a piece of food out of a narrow-necked bottle, a gorilla, granted not the genius of the pongids but smarter than most birds, anyway, can bang things with sticks.
- While this view was made specifically in reference to post-Flood humans, the principle could equally apply to other forms of life, including pongids.
Origin 1950s: from modern Latin Pongidae (plural), from the genus name Pongo (see pongo). |