"blackback" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: blackbacks [plural]
Etymology: black + back Etymology templates: {{compound|en|black|back}} black + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} blackback (plural blackbacks)
  1. (zoology) An adolescent male gorilla or chimpanzee. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Male animals
    Sense id: en-blackback-en-noun-uQ8xNARA Disambiguation of Male animals: 78 22 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  2. (UK) the great black-backed gull. Tags: UK Categories (lifeform): Gulls, Hominids
    Sense id: en-blackback-en-noun-vnOvvByQ Disambiguation of Gulls: 12 88 Disambiguation of Hominids: 26 74 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: silverback

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