blackback
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An adolescent male gorilla or chimpanzee.
Example Sentences
- "The author worked with two main study groups of gorilla in that region. Each contained a fully mature male (silverback), who was the obvious leader of the group, and a younger male of around 9 years of age (blackback), who had not yet assumed full adult morphology."
- "The second-ranking silverback is also a possible sire in the sixth case, although three other lower-ranking blackback males were also not excluded."
Etymology
Usage
- British usage