pon|gid

pon|gid
pon|gid «PON jihd», adjective, noun.
–adj.
of or having to do with the anthropoid apes most closely related to man, such as the chimpanzee.
–n.
a pongid ape.
[< New Latin Pongidae the ape family < Pongo the typical genus < a native name in Africa]

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