el
masculine
/ɡoˈɾila/
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Translation
gorilla
Word origin
From Greek Gorillai, the name in a Greek account of a tribe of hairy women, later adopted in 1847 as the scientific name for the ape. English 'gorilla' shares the same source.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- Gorillai
- English cognates
- gorilla
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralgorilas
Examples
primate .
The gorilla is the largest primate in the world.
zoo .
At the zoo we saw a huge gorilla eating leaves.
¡ !
Look how strong that gorilla is!
selvas África.
Gorillas live in the jungles of Africa.
.
The documentary showed a family of mountain gorillas.
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