GORILLA GORILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gorilla gorilla mean? 

• GORILLA GORILLA (noun)
  The noun GORILLA GORILLA has 1 sense:

1. largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa

  Familiarity information: GORILLA GORILLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GORILLA GORILLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

gorilla; Gorilla gorilla

Hypernyms ("Gorilla 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 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 gorilla" is a member of...):

genus Gorilla (gorillas)