"gorilless" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From gorilla + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gorilla|ess}} gorilla + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} gorilless (plural not attested)
  1. A female gorilla. Tags: no-plural, rare Categories (lifeform): Female animals, Hominids

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          "text": "The last statement suggests to me the question, did she walk upon her hind legs only, or upon all four? That is, did she walk erect like a man and a brother,—I should say a gorilless and a sister,—or like an attached and humble individual of the canine or feline quadruped species?[…]Was not Seraphine a wonderful young person,—I mean gorilless?",
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