1 Pattycake, a female western lowland gorilla, was born at the zoo in 1972, and was thus the first gorilla successfully born in captivity in New York. 2  She would later move to the Bronx Zoo in 1982, where she would remain until her death in 2013.
Definitions for parting shot. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word parting shot. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: parting shot(Noun) An insult or barbed comment issued as the speaker departs or the conversation comes to an end.
In April 1775 British soldiers, called lobsterbacks because of their red coats, and minutemenâthe colonists' militiaâexchanged gunfire at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. Described as the shot heard round the world, it signaled the start of the American Revolution and led to the creation of a new nation.