Gorilla

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See also: gorilla, górilla, and goril·la

Translingual

A male silverback gorilla

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).

Proper noun

Gorilla f

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – gorillas, the largest of the great apes.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Primates – order; Haplorrhini – suborder; Simiiformes – infraorder; Catarrhini – parvorder; Hominoidea – superfamily; Hominidae – family; Homininae – subfamily; Gorillini – tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Gorilla beringei (eastern gorilla), Gorilla gorilla (western gorilla)

Translations

gorilla — see gorilla

References

Gorilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gorilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Gorilla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gorilla at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Gorilla at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Gorilla in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡoˈʁɪla/
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Noun

Gorilla m (strong, genitive Gorillas, plural Gorillas or Gorilla)

gorilla

Declension

Declension of Gorilla

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Gorilla	die	Gorillas, Gorilla
genitive	eines	des	Gorillas	der	Gorillas, Gorilla
dative	einem	dem	Gorilla	den	Gorillas, Gorilla
accusative	einen	den	Gorilla	die	Gorillas, Gorilla

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Further reading

“Gorilla” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Gorilla” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Gorilla” in Duden online
Gorilla on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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