Blackback
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Blackback is a noun meaning (zoology) An adolescent male gorilla or chimpanzee.
Meaning
(zoology) An adolescent male gorilla or chimpanzee.
More Meanings
- (UK) The great black-backed gull.
Example Sentences
The second-ranking silverback is also a possible sire in the sixth case, although three other lower-ranking blackback males were also not excluded.
The author worked with two main study groups of gorilla in that region. Each contained a fully mature male (silverback), who was the obvious leader of the group, and a younger male of around 9 years of age (blackback), who had not yet assumed full adult morphology.
Word Forms
- blackbacks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gull, gulls, jackal, silverback, gorilla, weregorilla.
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