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How to pronounce “silverback”
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Pronunciation guide for silverback
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of silverback with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 5 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Africa: The Struggle for Beauty
And right before I shot this photo, the large silverback,
- Definition summary
- (mammalogy) A mature male gorilla leading a troop, so named from the silver streaking on its back.
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How to pronounce silverback
Africa: The Struggle for Beauty

And right before I shot this photo, the large silverback,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “silverback”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (mammalogy) A mature male gorilla leading a troop, so named from the silver streaking on its back.
- (informal, by extension) A dominant or powerful older human male.
- Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma.
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