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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024go•ril•la /gəˈrɪlə/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -las. - Mammalsthe largest manlike ape, from Africa near the equator, vegetarian and mainly living on the ground rather than in trees.
- an ugly or brutish man.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024go•ril•la (gə ril′ə),USA pronunciation n. - Mammalsthe largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla,) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla,) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla): now rare.
- an ugly, brutish person.
- Slang Termsa hoodlum or thug, esp. one who threatens or inflicts violence.
- Greek Goríllās (accusative plural) name for a race of hairy women in Hanno's account of his voyage along the coast of Africa (5th century b.cognate with)
- Neo-Latin
- 1790–1800;
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