单词 | pongid |
释义 | pongid/ˈpɒn(d)ʒɪd /noun Zoology A primate of a family (Pongidae) which comprises the great apes. See also hominid.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....
Origin1950s: from modern Latin Pongidae (plural), from the genus name Pongo (see pongo). |
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