Associations to the word «Pongo»

Wiktionary

PONGO, noun. (British military) (slang) A low-ranking soldier.
PONGO, noun. (archaic) Any large ape.
PONGO, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae   — the orangutans.
PONGO ABELII, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae   — the Sumatran orangutan.
PONGO PYGMAEUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae   — the Bornean orangutan.

Dictionary definition

PONGO, noun. Type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley