Silverback

Silverback
Silverback \Sil"ver*back`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The knot. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • silverback — noun Date: 1963 an older adult usually dominant male gorilla having gray or whitish hair on the back …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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