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GENUS GORILLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gorillas
Classified under:
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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