gorilla
gorilla
noun
noun
- a powerfully built great ape with a large head and short neck, found in the forests of central Africa. It is the largest living primate
大猩猩（体格强壮有力，头大，颈短，见于非洲中部森林，是活着的最大的灵长类动物） - Gorilla gorilla, family Pongidae: three races (two lowland gorillas and the mountain gorilla)
拉丁名Gorilla gorilla，猩猩科：三类（两类低地大猩猩，一类山地大猩猩）
■(informal)a heavily built aggressive-looking man
(非正式)体格强壮且外表凶悍的男子
- from an alleged African word for a wild or hairy person, found in the Greek account of the voyage of the Carthaginian explorer Hanno in the 5th or 6th cent. bc; adopted in 1847 as the specific name of the ape
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