- any member of the formerly designated primate family Pongidae, which comprised gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans.
- pertaining or belonging to the family of gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans:Note the pongid hip and thigh musculature.
- any primate of the family Pongidae, which includes the gibbons and the great apes
- of, relating to, or belonging to the family Pongidae
