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eastern lowland gorilla
noun
See under gorilla.
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noun
1.
the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla), G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla), and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla): now rare.
2.
an ugly, brutish person.
3.
Slang. a hoodlum or thug, especially one who threatens or inflicts violence.
Origin:
1790–1800; < Neo-Latin < Greek Goríllās (accusative plural) name for a race of hairy women in Hanno's account of his voyage along the coast of Africa (5th century b.c.)
1790–1800; < Neo-Latin < Greek Goríllās (accusative plural) name for a race of hairy women in Hanno's account of his voyage along the coast of Africa (5th century b.c.)
Related forms
go·ril·la·like, adjective
go·ril·loid, adjective
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| eastern lowland gorilla | |
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| a kind of gorilla |
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