"silverback" meaning in All languages combined

See silverback on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: silverbacks [plural]
Etymology: From silver + back. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|silver|back}} silver + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} silverback (plural silverbacks)
  1. (mammalogy) A mature male gorilla, so named from the silver streaking on its back. Categories (topical): Mammalogy Categories (lifeform): Ferns, Hominids, Male animals Translations (mature male gorilla): zilverrug [masculine] (Dutch), hopeaselkä (Finnish), dos argenté [masculine] (French), Silberrücken [masculine] (German), srebrnogrzbiety samiec [masculine] (Polish), espalda plateada [masculine] (Spanish), silverrygg [common-gender] (Swedish), gümüşsırt (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-silverback-en-noun-ifI17nIY Disambiguation of Ferns: 50 2 48 Disambiguation of Hominids: 55 4 40 Disambiguation of Male animals: 49 23 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 5 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 2 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 5 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 1 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 57 3 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 54 8 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 55 3 42 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 57 4 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 52 7 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 58 1 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 7 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 51 7 42 Topics: biology, mammalogy, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'mature male gorilla': 79 19 2
  2. (informal, by extension) A dominant older human male. Tags: broadly, informal
    Sense id: en-silverback-en-noun-iYaOeYUF
  3. Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma. Categories (lifeform): Ferns
    Sense id: en-silverback-en-noun-4xwTozkE Disambiguation of Ferns: 50 2 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 5 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 5 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 1 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 7 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 51 7 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: blackback

Inflected forms

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