gorilla

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gorilla 800-pound gorilla lowland gorilla mountain gorilla

Main Entry: go·ril·la
Pronunciation: g&-'ri-l&
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek Gorillai, plural, a tribe of hairy women mentioned in an account of a voyage around Africa
1 : a very large typically black-colored anthropoid ape (Gorilla gorilla) of equatorial Africa that has a stocky body with broad shoulders and long arms and is less erect and has smaller ears than the chimpanzee
2 a : an ugly or brutal man b : THUG, GOON