Silverback For One

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Updated: December 8, 2025

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noun • largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
	31%	12		Gorilla silverback positions
noun • the office of primate
	31%	3		Silverback, e.g.
noun • any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all • someone who copies the words or behavior of another • person who resembles a nonhuman primate verb • imitate uncritically and in every aspect • represent in or produce a caricature of

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