pongo

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The negroes believed that the gorilla, or pongo, as he was called by some tribes, was not only as ferocious and dangerous as a tiger, but almost as intelligent as a man.

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  1. A large anthropoid ape of Borneo, Simia (or Pithecus) wurmbi, not known to be distinct from the ordinary orang-utan, Simia satyrus.— [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of apes, including the gorilla (P. gorilla) and the chimpanzee (P. troglodytes). Lacépède. [Little used.]
  2. The larger flying phalanger of Australia, belonging in the genus Petauroides. [Australia.]

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  • No se para que les pongo la firma xDD, otra de mis prácticas, se va a scraps después segundo intento en acuarelas xD * - * —  Popular in the last 8 hours
  • Desde ya me pongo a ver cómo traemos ese largometraje para el Brasil, donde de seguro disfrutarán tan particular historia y la espléndida forma en que Julio la cuenta. —  Global Voices Online
  • Pus yo le entro al tributo de los Darkstalkers, a ver si hora si pega el chicle, Morrigan no fué en esta ocación mi elegida, nomas como pa calentar motores, ya que me imagino van a mandar un chingo de ella, pero gueno, des´´ues les pongo el que estoy haciendo a ver que les parece —  Popular in the last 8 hours
  • Recursos para Profesionales en TI - En estas últimas semanas he recibido correos en los cuales me preguntan donde pueden acceder a las últimas noticias de Microsoft, las capacitaciones que se ofrecen sin costo y programas que Microsoft esta ofreciendo para los profesionales en Tecnologías por lo cual en este post pongo a su alcance algunas de las iniciativas que Microsoft tiene ... —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • The negroes believed that the gorilla, or pongo, as he was called by some tribes, was not only as ferocious and dangerous as a tiger, but almost as intelligent as a man. —  Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy
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  1. = French pongo (New Latin Pongo); from a native name in Borneo.
 

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