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Topic: ANIMALS

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Greek
Origin: Gorillai, name of an African tribe of hairy women in old stories

gorilla

 noun
     
go‧ril‧la [countable]
1HBA a very large African monkey that is the largest of the apes
2 a man who is very large and who looks as if he might become violent
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