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GENUS GORILLA

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Meaning:

Gorillas

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Gorilla" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Gorilla"):

gorilla; Gorilla gorilla (largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa)

Gorilla gorilla gorilla; western lowland gorilla; eastern lowland gorilla; Gorilla gorilla grauri (a kind of gorilla)

Gorilla gorilla beringei; mountain gorilla (gorilla of Kivu highlands)

silverback (an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back)

Holonyms ("genus Gorilla" is a member of...):

family Pongidae; Pongidae (usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons)

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