family pongidae

English Thesaurus

1. usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal family,
definition	:	a family of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	great ape, pongid,
definition	:	any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus pongo, pongo,
definition	:	type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus gorilla,
definition	:	gorillas (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus pan, pan,
definition	:	chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	anthropoidea, suborder anthropoidea,
definition	:	monkeys; apes; hominids (noun.animal)