Pongidae

[ pon-ji-dee ]

/ ˈpɒn dʒɪ di /

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noun (used with a singular or plural verb)Anthropology, Zoology.

the primate family comprising gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans: no longer used in taxonomy, it is subsumed by the family Hominidae, which includes humans.

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Origin of Pongidae

First recorded in 1910–15; from New Latin Pongidae, equivalent to Pong(o), type genus (said to be from Kongo mpongi, mpungu “ape”) + -idae see origin at -idae

Words nearby Pongidae

pone, pong, ponga, pongee, pongid, Pongidae, pongo, poniard, ponograph, pons, pons asinorum