GORILLA


Meaning of GORILLA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ gə-ˈri-lə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek Gorillai, plural, a tribe of hairy women mentioned in an account of a voyage around Africa

Date: 1847

1. : a very large typically black-colored anthropoid ape ( Gorilla gorilla ) of equatorial Africa that has a stocky body with broad shoulders and long arms and is less erect and has smaller ears than the chimpanzee

2.

a. : an ugly or brutal man

b. : thug , goon

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.