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Type genus of the family Pongidae orangutans
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pongo
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context British military slang English) A low-ranking soldier. 2 (context archaic English) Any large ape.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ape genus, 1620s, from Kongo mpongi .
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pongo \Pon"go\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any large ape; especially, the chimpanzee and the orang-outang.
Usage examples of pongo.
A country that lies somewhere to the north-east of the lake island on which the Pongo used to dwell?
Pongo, which had jumped with us into the boat as we put off, uttered a faint miaou, and Cohen swore.
He sailed in there almost with a swagger and summoned the barmen by name: God, or Pongo.
There followed at least twenty mysterious names and acts, among them,"THE COCHRANE FAMILY, Five in Number, comprising Sarah, Nellie, Maggie, Butch, and Bill, in their American Songs and Dances," "ROBB WILTON, who will open his New Budget of Comicalities, including his Impersonation of the Midland Railway Guard," "THE FLYING PONGO, Daredevil Aerialist," "YOUNG & DEAN, the Eminent Negro Entertainers," "The World-Renowned BOSQUET TROUPE in The Wild West," "BELLA BIJOU & LILY GRAY, Sensational Duetists," and so on.