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Raresilverback
The correct spelling is silverback.
How to pronounce silverback
noun
Say it like: Sil-ver-bak
The correct spelling is silverback. A mature male of the several species of chimpanzees and gorillas, so named from the silver streaking on its back.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A mature male of the several species of chimpanzees and gorillas, so named from the silver streaking on its back.
- 2.(by extension) A dominant older human male.
- 3.Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma.
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