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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SILVERBACK

SILVERBACK Sil "ver *back `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The knot.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

silverback

sil ver back |ˈsilvərˌbak ˈsɪlvərbæk | ▶noun a mature male mountain gorilla, distinguished by an area of white or silvery hair across the back and acting as the dominant member of its social group.

 

Oxford Dictionary

silverback

silver |back |ˈsɪlvəbak | ▶noun a mature male mountain gorilla, which is distinguished by an area of white or silvery hair across the back and is the dominant member of its social group.