Definition of Gorila
Go*ril"la (?), n. [An African word;
found in a Greek translation of a treatise in Punic by Hanno, a
Carthaginian.] (Zoöl.) A large, arboreal, anthropoid
ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for
its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous
strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other
ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The largest of the apes, native to the forests of central Africa, and known for its trait of knuckle-walking
Italian
- gorilla
Swedish
- gorilla
Gorilla- a taxonomic genus, within subfamily Homininae - the gorillas, the largest of the great apes
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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