Gorilla Definition

gə-rĭlə
gorillas
noun
gorillas
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 herbivorous.
Webster's New World
A person regarded as like a gorilla in appearance, strength, etc.
Webster's New World
A powerfully built, aggressive, and often crude man.
American Heritage
A gangster; thug.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Homininae — the gorillas, the largest of the great apes.

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Other Word Forms of Gorilla

Noun

Singular:
gorilla
Plural:
gorillas

Origin of Gorilla

  • Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Gorillai, “a tribe of hairy women”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone.

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin (Trōglodytēs) gorilla former species name from Greek Gorillai a tribe of hairy women perhaps of African origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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