pongo

WORDNET DICTIONARY

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

pongo, n.

Any large ape; especially, the chimpanzee and the orang-outang. [1913 Webster]

pongo, n. (pl. -os)
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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