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pongo
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pongo has 1 sense
- pongo(n = noun.animal) genus pongo - type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans; Array is a kind of mammal genus
is a member of family pongidae, pongidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
pongo, n.
Any large ape; especially, the chimpanzee and the orang-outang. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pongo, n. (pl. -os)
1 an orang-utan.
2 Naut. sl. a soldier.
1 an orang-utan.
2 Naut. sl. a soldier.
pongo, n. (pl. -os) Austral. & NZ sl. offens. an Englishman.
Etymology
20th c.: orig. unkn.
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