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SILVERBACK
silverback
(noun) an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
silverback (plural silverbacks)
(mammalogy) A mature male of the several species of chimpanzees and gorillas, so named from the silver streaking on its back.
(informal, by extension) A dominant older human male.
Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma.
Source: Wiktionary
Sil"ver*back`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The knot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PATH
(noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves; “the hurricane demolished houses in its path”; “the track of an animal”; “the course of the river”
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