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 Definitions of gorilla  [əˈrɪl ə]  

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Definition of 'gorilla' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) gorilla
the largest anthropoid ape, Gorilla gorilla, of equatorial Africa, vegetarian and mainly terrestrial.

2.  gorilla
an ugly or brutish person.

3.  gorilla
a hoodlum or thug.

Etymology:  (1790–1800; < NL < Gk Goríllās (acc. pl.) name for a race of hairy women in Hanno's account of his voyage along the coast of Africa (5th cent. b .c .))

Definition of 'gorilla' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) gorilla, Gorilla gorilla
largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa


Definition of 'gorilla' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) gorilla
the largest of the apes


Definition of 'gorilla' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) gorilla
a large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man


Translation of 'gorilla' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the largest type of ape
Two gorillas have escaped from the zoo.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gorilla Arabic flag Arabic: غوريلا، نوع من القِرَدَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: горила
Brazilian flag Brazilian: gorila Czech flag Czech: gorila German flag German: der Gorilla
Danish flag Danish: gorilla Greek flag Greek: γορίλας Spanish flag Spanish: gorila
Estonian flag Estonian: gorilla Farsi flag Farsi: گوریل Finnish flag Finnish: gorilla
French flag French: gorille Hebrew flag Hebrew: גוֹרִילָה Hindi flag Hindi: वन मानुष
Croatian flag Croatian: gorila Hungarian flag Hungarian: gorilla Indonesian flag Indonesian: gorila
Icelandic flag Icelandic: górilla Italian flag Italian: gorilla Japanese flag Japanese: ゴリラ
Korean flag Korean: 고릴라 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gorila Latvian flag Latvian: gorilla
Malay flag Malay: gorila Dutch flag Dutch: gorilla Norwegian flag Norwegian: gorilla
Polish flag Polish: goryl Persian flag Persian: گوریل Pashto flag Pashto: ګوريلا، يو ډول غټه انسان
Portuguese flag Portuguese: gorila Romanian flag Romanian: gorilă Russian flag Russian: горилла
Slovak flag Slovak: gorila Slovenian flag Slovenian: gorila Serbian flag Serbian: gorila
Swedish flag Swedish: gorilla Thai flag Thai: ลิงกอริลล่า Turkish flag Turkish: goril
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 大猩猩 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: горила Urdu flag Urdu: گورلا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: khỉ gôrila Chinese flag Chinese: 大猩猩

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