silverback

1. A mature male gorilla leading a troop, so named from the silver streaking on its back.

   Silberrücken

   an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back

2. (broadly, informal)A dominant or powerful older human male.

3. Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma.

4. Any member of the species Rhodamnia cinerea of plants of southeastern Asia.

1. I obtained a permit to see the silverback gorillas.

   deIch habe eine Genehmigung erhalten, um die Silberrücken-Gorillas zu sehen. — GaryGaryGary

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