They live in families, each headed by an adult male called a silverback because of its distinctive coloring.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2007] Reference

But the term "silverback" is not only applied to gorillas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hullabaloo] Reference

And a silverback gorilla that gave us what we want.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2007] Reference

A fully grown silverback can weigh about 500 pounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2007] Reference

The gorilla we had seen was a large male silverback.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Chance to See]

The silverback seemed at last to tire of our presence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Chance to See]

The silverback -- that's the silverback right over there.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2006] Reference

The huge silverback gorilla halted less than a meter away.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mocking Program]

This time another silverback and three females were killed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference

Certainly a silverback gorilla could be violent if provoked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

That silverback one is amazing and just became my background.    From Wordnik.com.  [70 Wallpapers To Dress Up Your Dual Monitors | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

GorillasAs in life, movie silverback Krull fights with two fists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope; Nonexistent Phone Calls (And Other False Tales)] Reference

He looks like a cross between Mark Wahlberg and a silverback gorilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sam the Alpha Wolf Makes Crafts With Martha] Reference

A problem with the Bukavu group was that the silverback wouldn't charge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Chance to See]

"I do not side with anyone, boy, " said the silverback with great dignity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference

If you want to watch a silverback gorilla do his thing, watch Planet Earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [King Kong Prequel Coming | /Film] Reference

Pablo is still around, but another silverback, Cansby (ph), is now the boss.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 25, 2009] Reference

But we also knew that there was a chance we wouldn't see a silverback gorilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2007] Reference

Two silverback gorillas were killed and eaten by rebels in January, they said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

If the earnings increase, well, so should the pay of the silverback at the top.    From Wordnik.com.  [Celeste Whiting: Defending the New Gilded Age--The Audacity of Privilege] Reference

But I'm sure this reporter knew nothing about that silverback thing, Mrs Frist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hullabaloo] Reference

And the silverbacks is dying because the problem, the people killed the silverback.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 25, 2009] Reference

The feeling I had looking at my first silverback gorilla in the wild was vertiginous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Chance to See]

The length of time it takes to habituate gorillas depends on the dominant silverback.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Chance to See]

That's the silverback right over there because of the distinctive coloring on his back.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2006] Reference

That's the silverback right over there, because of the distinctive coloring on his back.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2006] Reference

The baby's mother and the group's silverback had been killed, along with several others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mountain Gorillas: Discovery Channel: Gorilla Slaughter: A Personal Account] Reference

That's the silverback, right over there, because of the distinctive coloring on his back.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2007] Reference

Frist smiled and spoke unremarkably from the lectern, reeking of silverback testosterone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hullabaloo] Reference

At least one, maybe two, endangered silverback mountain gorillas have been killed and eaten.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2007] Reference

Eyeing the two-hundred-kilo silverback, Cardenas saw no reason to doubt the Director's claim.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mocking Program]

This family is called a Pablo group, named after the male silverback who used to be in charge.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 25, 2009] Reference

McCain is definitely the silverback in this race, even if he is a mentally addled, clueless one.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Statement On Economy, Obama Stresses Need For "Bipartisan Spirit"] Reference

The silverback seemed unconcerned by our arrival, but he did want to make sure we knew who's boss.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2007] Reference

And I want to tell you something, you look at that 500 pound silverback in the eye, you go like this, real quick.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2006] Reference

COOPER (voice-over): The next day, they found the body of the family's leader, a giant silverback named Senkwekwe.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2007] Reference

The time has come, says Patrick Stewart theatrically, for the "crowning of a new silverback, and the last stand of the silverback king".    From Wordnik.com.  [TV review: Mountain Gorilla and Martin Clunes: Horsepower] Reference