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Webster 1913 Edition


Pongo

Pon′go

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Noun.
(Zool.)
Any large ape; especially, the chimpanzee and the orang-outang.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pongo

PON'GO

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Noun.
A name of the orang outang.
The name pongo was applied by Buffon to a large species of orang outang, which is now ascertained to have been an imaginary animal. It is applied by Cuvier to the largest species of ape known, which inhabits Borneo, and resembles the true orang outang in its general form and erect position, but has the cheek pouches and lengthened muzzle of the baboon. It has also been applied [Ed.Encyc.] to the Simia troglodytes or chimpanzee of Curvier, a native of W. Africa.

Definition 2024


Pongo

Pongo

See also: pongo

Translingual

Proper noun

Pongo f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – the orangutans.

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Derived terms

pongo

pongo

See also: Pongo

English

Noun

pongo (plural pongos or pongoes)

  1. (Britain military, slang) A low-ranking soldier.
  2. (archaic) Any large ape.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpon.go/, [ˈpoŋgo]
  • Rhymes: -oŋgo
  • Hyphenation: pón‧go

Verb

pongo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of porre

Spanish

Verb

pongo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of poner.

Noun

pongo m (plural pongos)

  1. orangutan

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