silverback
- n an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back
- A western lowland gorilla silverback is seen among a group in this undated handout photo.
- In the comedy jungle, where Robin Williams is a big silverback ape and Jon Stewart a sneaky hyena, Flight of the Conchords are tiny fawns.
- The civil war in Congo has cut off the rare silverback mountain gorilla from the conservationists who are trying to save it.