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GORILLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
Synonyms:
gorilla; Gorilla gorilla
Classified under:
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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