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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Ponginae — theorangutans .
Etymologies
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This suite of molar morphologies is also found to varying degrees in Pongo and Sivapithecus, but not in African apes and humans, and may be diagnostic of subfamily Ponginae.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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The largest of them is called Pongo in their language, and the other
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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The "Engeco," however, is that "other monster" whose nature Battell "forgot to relate," while the name "Pongo" -- applied to the animal whose characters and habits are so fully and carefully described -- seems to have died out, at least in its primitive form and signification.
Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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The "Engeco," however, is that "other monster" whose nature Battell "forgot to relate," while the name "Pongo" -- applied to the animal whose characters and habits are so fully and carefully described -- seems to have died out, at least in its primitive form and signification.
Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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In the second edition of the 'Regne Animal' (1829), Cuvier infers, from the 'proportions of all the parts' and 'the arrangements of the foramina and sutures of the head,' that the Pongo is the adult of the Orang-Utan, 'at least of a very closely allied species,' and this conclusion was eventually placed beyond all doubt by Professor Owen's Memoir published in the 'Zoological
Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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'Regne Animal' (1829), Cuvier infers, from the 'proportions of all the parts' and 'the arrangements of the foramina and sutures of the head,' that the Pongo is the adult of the Orang-Utan, 'at least of a very closely allied species,' and this conclusion was eventually placed beyond all doubt by Professor Owen's Memoir published in the 'Zoological
Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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The largest of them is called Pongo in their language, and the other
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Putu Winchester, 33, who once played a surfer called Pongo on Home and Away, was arrested with four other Australians on March 19 in Buka, the centre of Bougainville province in PNG's east.
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Putu Winchester, 33, who once played a surfer called Pongo on Home and Away, was arrested with four other Australians on March 19 in Buka, the centre of Bougainville province in PNG's east.
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Putu Winchester, 33, who once played a surfer called Pongo on Home and Away, was arrested with four other Australians on March 19 in Buka, the centre of Bougainville province in PNG's east.
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