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Definition of Gorilla gorilla
1. Noun. Largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa.
Generic synonyms: Great Ape, Pongid
Group relationships: Genus Gorilla
Specialized synonyms: Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla, Western Lowland Gorilla, Eastern Lowland Gorilla, Gorilla Gorilla Grauri, Gorilla Gorilla Beringei, Mountain Gorilla, Silverback
Medical Definition of Gorilla gorilla
1. This single species of gorilla, which is a member of the pongidae family, is the largest and most powerful of the primates. It is distributed in isolated scattered populations throughout forests of equatorial africa. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gorilla Gorilla
Literary usage of Gorilla gorilla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Primates by Henry Ogg Forbes (1897)
"This genus, like the preceding, contains but a single species, THE GORILLA.
gorilla gorilla. Troglodytes gorilla, Wyman, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. (2), v., p. ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Gorilla. gorilla gorilla, 9 . xj. very near the Chimpanzee. The microscopic
character of the investigations into the anatomy of Man have somewhat dimmed the ..."
3. Indian Tribes of Eastern Peru by William Curtis Farabee (1922)
"The gorilla (gorilla gorilla) is much the heaviest of the Primates. One adult
male has been reported as weighing more than four hundred and fifty pounds. ..."
4. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"... western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla], in Gabon and Cameroon;
eastern lowland gorillas (gorilla gorilla grauen), in DRC between right bank ..."
5. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1892)
"Palmar surface of hand of Gorilla (Gorilla Savagei). In each of these figures
the lettering has the same significance. aL, anterior annular ligament; ..."
6. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"The gorilla, gorilla gorilla (Fig. 533)- inhabits the forests of western Africa.
It is arboreal ; feeds mainly on vegetation; has large canine teeth ..."
7. An Introduction to the Mammalian Dentition by Thomas Wingate Todd (1918)
"Dentition of Gorilla (gorilla gorilla, Wyman; 9.88-14). This is a nearly adult
female. Note the clear-cut "crystalline" cusps on the molars. ..."
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