English Explanatory Dictionary

silverback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mature male gorilla leading a troop, so named from the silver streaking on its back.
  2. A dominant or powerful older human male.
  3. Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma.

Word forms

silverback silverbacks

Etymology

From silver + back.

Related words

silver fox
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