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Meanings of gorilla in English
Largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa.
Synonyms
Examples for "Gorilla gorilla"
Examples for "Gorilla gorilla"
1
A female lowland gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla), photographed at the Bronx Zoo.
2
Western gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla) have been identified as the natural reservoir of the parasites that were the immediate precursor of Plasmodium falciparum infecting humans.
Usage of gorilla in English
1
The gorilla seemed puzzled by the strange passivity of the hairless ape.
2
Besides, the ape in the picture was a gorilla: clearly a gorilla.
3
Very little is really known about the gorilla in his natural habitat.
4
Koko the gorilla can communicate with her human carers using sign language.
5
Neither serum nor thyroid tissue from this gorilla were available for analysis.
6
The center is currently designing a robotic gorilla to interact with children.
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And so the company decided to stop labeling anything as a gorilla.
8
And I wondered why Einstein would want to talk to a gorilla.
9
The gorilla is of migratory habits at some seasons of the year.
10
I get a similar feeling when seeing a gorilla at the zoo.
11
One was approximately the same size and shape as a large gorilla.
12
He felt as though he'd gone ten rounds with a five-hundred-pound gorilla.
13
It was a female gorilla, with a baby gorilla in her arms.
14
Meanwhile, continue your account of what the niggers say about the gorilla.
15
Not surprisingly, really, since Melanie was, and had always been, a gorilla.
16
That man must have had the length of reach of a gorilla.
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Ireland
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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