gorilla
gorilla definition
☆ go·rilla (gə ril′ə)
noun
- the largest, and most powerful of the great apes (Gorilla gorilla), native to the jungles of equatorial Africa: the adult male weighs up to 225 kg (c. 500 lb): it is generally shy, intelligent, and vegetarian
- Slang
- a person regarded as like a gorilla in appearance, strength, etc.
- a gangster; thug
Etymology: < Gr gorillai, a tribe of hairy women, recorded by Hanno, Carthaginian navigator, as the native name in use in W Africa in the 5th c. for wild creatures found there
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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