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Pongidae
[ pon-ji-dee ]
noun
, (used with a singular or plural verb)
- the primate family comprising gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans: no longer used in taxonomy, it is subsumed by the family Hominidae, which includes humans.
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Only about 240 survivors of this subspecies of the Pongidae family remain.
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