pongid

pongid
/pon"jid/, n.
1. any anthropoid primate of the family Pongidae, comprising the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan; a great ape.
adj.
2. pertaining to or being a great ape.
[1950-55; < NL Pongidae family name, equiv. to Pong(o) type genus (said to be < Kongo mpongi, mpungu ape) + -idae -ID2]

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