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GORILLA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa

Synonyms:

gorilla; Gorilla gorilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("gorilla" is a kind of...):

great ape; pongid (any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gorilla"):

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 ("gorilla" is a member of...):

genus Gorilla (gorillas)

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