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Noun
ngina (plural nginas)
- (dated) The gorilla.
1902, Percy Watkins Myles, James Britten, George Simonds Boulger, The Selborne magazine and "Nature notes", volume 13:It traverses the whole range of animal life in tropical Africa, from the ngina or gorilla to the butterflies and ants: he makes the animals tell their own stories; and his text is illustrated with some telling drawings.
1914, Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, In African forest and jungle:The nginas can see wonderfully well through the jungle.
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