"gorilla" meaning in English

See gorilla in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/ [UK], /ɡɒˈɹɪl.ə/ [UK, dated], /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/ [US] Audio: en-us-gorilla.ogg Forms: gorillas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlə Etymology: From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women)”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone; the Greek word is likely from Punic, and ultimately from an African language. Etymology templates: {{gloss|a tribe of hairy women}} (a tribe of hairy women), {{der|en|grc|Γόριλλαι||Gorillai (<span class="Latn" lang="en">a tribe of hairy women</span>)}} Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women)”), {{der|en|xpu|-}} Punic Head templates: {{en-noun}} gorilla (plural gorillas)
  1. The largest of the apes, belonging to the genus Gorilla, native to the forests of central Africa and known for their trait of knuckle-walking. Categories (lifeform): Hominids Translations (ape): gorilla (Afrikaans), غُورِيلَا (ḡūrīlā) [feminine] (Arabic), gorila [masculine] (Aragonese), գորիլլա (gorilla) (Armenian), gorila [masculine] (Asturian), qorilla (Azerbaijani), гары́ла (harýla) [feminine] (Belarusian), গরিলা (gorila) (Bengali), горила (gorila) [feminine] (Bulgarian), goril·la [masculine] (Catalan), worniŋo (Cerma), ᎠᏓᎵᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ ᎤᏔᎾ (adalisgiyisgi utana) (Cherokee), ᎪᎵᎳ (golila) (Cherokee), 大猩猩 (english: daai⁶ sing¹ sing¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 大猩猩 (dàxīngxing) (Chinese Mandarin), gorila [feminine] (Czech), gorilla [masculine] (Dutch), gorilo (Esperanto), gorilla (Estonian), gorilla (Finnish), gorille [masculine] (French), gorila [masculine] (Galician), გორილა (gorila) (Georgian), Gorilla [masculine] (German), γορίλας (gorílas) [masculine] (Greek), गोरिल्ला (gorillā) [masculine] (Hindi), gorilla (Hungarian), górilla [feminine] (Icelandic), gorilo (Ido), gorilla (Ingrian), goraille [masculine] (Irish), gorilla [masculine] (Italian), ゴリラ (gorira) (Japanese), горилла (gorilla) (Kazakh), 고릴라 (gorilla) (Korean), mágítsoh (Navajo), gorille [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), gorilla [masculine] (Norwegian), korira (Palauan), گوریل (goril) (Persian), goryl [masculine] (Polish), gorila [masculine] (Portuguese), gorilă [feminine] (Romanian), гори́лла (gorílla) [feminine] (Russian), ingagi (Rwanda-Rundi), gorila (Serbo-Croatian), gorila [feminine] (Slovak), gorila [masculine] (Spanish), ngagi [class-10, class-9] (Swahili), gorilla [common-gender] (Swedish), gorilya (Tagalog), กอริลลา (gɔɔ-rin-lâa) (Thai), ลิงกอริลลา (ling-gor-rin-laa) (Thai), goril (Turkish), căng (Tày), гори́ла (horýla) [feminine] (Ukrainian), گورلا (gorillā) [masculine] (Urdu), khỉ đột (Vietnamese), đại tinh tinh (alt: 大猩猩) (Vietnamese), dàngin gi (Wolof), גאָרילע (gorile) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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  2. A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian. Translations (thug): gorilla (Finnish), γορίλας (gorílas) [masculine] (Greek), банди́т (bandít) (Russian), громи́ла (gromíla) (Russian), gorila (Serbo-Croatian), grmalj (Serbo-Croatian), gorila [feminine] (Slovak), gorilla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gorilla-en-noun-wMCPPqkz Disambiguation of 'thug': 6 76 18
  3. (informal) A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-gorilla-en-noun-veRr0g0V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Godzilla, Gorillai

Inflected forms

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          "text": "In three of these twenty gorillæ 14 ribs are present, and the additional rib in each of them is below. […] The conclusion that the usual place of commencement of the dorsal type in the gorilla is between the 12th and 13th dorsal vertebræ is founded on notes taken of this character in 13 of these gorillæ.",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "غُورِيلَا"
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          "code": "an",
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          "sense": "ape",
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          "roman": "gorilla",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "գորիլլա"
        },
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          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "ast",
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          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gorila"
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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "qorilla"
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "harýla",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гары́ла"
        },
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          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "gorila",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "গরিলা"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gorila",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "горила"
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          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
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          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "ape",
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          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "adalisgiyisgi utana",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "ᎠᏓᎵᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ ᎤᏔᎾ"
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          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "golila",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "ᎪᎵᎳ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "yue",
          "english": "daai⁶ sing¹ sing¹",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "大猩猩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàxīngxing",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "大猩猩"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gorila"
        },
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          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
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          "sense": "ape",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
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          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "gorilla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
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          "sense": "ape",
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          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
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          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
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          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
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          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "gorilla"
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          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
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          "sense": "ape",
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          ],
          "word": "górilla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "ape",
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
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          "sense": "ape",
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "goraille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "gorilla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "gorira",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "ゴリラ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "gorilla",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "горилла"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "gorilla",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "고릴라"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "nv",
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          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "mágítsoh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "nrf",
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          "word": "gorille"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gorilla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "pau",
          "lang": "Palauan",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "korira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "goril",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "گوریل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "goryl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gorila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gorilă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gorílla",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гори́лла"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
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          "lang": "Rwanda-Rundi",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "ingagi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "gorila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gorila"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gorila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
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            "class-9"
          ],
          "word": "ngagi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "gorilla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "gorilya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gɔɔ-rin-lâa",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "กอริลลา"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ling-gor-rin-laa",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "ลิงกอริลลา"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "goril"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "tyz",
          "lang": "Tày",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "căng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "horýla",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гори́ла"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "gorillā",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "گورلا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "khỉ đột"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "alt": "大猩猩",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "đại tinh tinh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "wo",
          "lang": "Wolof",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "dàngin gi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 14",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "gorile",
          "sense": "ape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "ref": "1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed:",
          "text": "\"I'll do the old gorilla the justice to say that he is open-handed with money.\"",
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          "_dis1": "6 76 18",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "thug",
          "word": "gorilla"
        },
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          "_dis1": "6 76 18",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gorílas",
          "sense": "thug",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "γορίλας"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 76 18",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bandít",
          "sense": "thug",
          "word": "банди́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 76 18",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gromíla",
          "sense": "thug",
          "word": "громи́ла"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 76 18",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "thug",
          "word": "gorila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 76 18",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "thug",
          "word": "grmalj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 76 18",
          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "thug",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gorila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 76 18",
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          "sense": "thug",
          "word": "gorilla"
        }
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          "ref": "1977, Computerworld, volume 11, number 19, page 58:",
          "text": "The two industry gorillas — IBM and AT&T — will get together to decide who will provide different communications services, Biddle stated.",
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      "ipa": "/ɡɒˈɹɪl.ə/",
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        "UK",
        "dated"
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}
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    "Terms with Bengali translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Cerma translations",
    "Terms with Cherokee translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Navajo translations",
    "Terms with Norman translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Palauan translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Rwanda-Rundi translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swahili translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Tày translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Urdu translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Wolof translations",
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    {
      "word": "800-pound gorilla"
    },
    {
      "word": "800-pound gorilla in the room"
    },
    {
      "word": "buffarilla"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicagorilla"
    },
    {
      "word": "eastern gorilla"
    },
    {
      "word": "gorillagram"
    },
    {
      "word": "gorilla in the room"
    },
    {
      "word": "gorilla pimp"
    },
    {
      "word": "gorilla salad"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gorilla Sign Language"
    },
    {
      "word": "gorilla suit"
    },
    {
      "word": "gorilless"
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    {
      "word": "mountain gorilla"
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    {
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    {
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women)”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone; the Greek word is likely from Punic, and ultimately from an African language.",
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    }
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      "word": "Godzilla"
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    }
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          "text": "In three of these twenty gorillæ 14 ribs are present, and the additional rib in each of them is below. […] The conclusion that the usual place of commencement of the dorsal type in the gorilla is between the 12th and 13th dorsal vertebræ is founded on notes taken of this character in 13 of these gorillæ.",
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          "ref": "1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed:",
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        {
          "ref": "1977, Computerworld, volume 11, number 19, page 58:",
          "text": "The two industry gorillas — IBM and AT&T — will get together to decide who will provide different communications services, Biddle stated.",
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        }
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          "behemoth",
          "behemoth"
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        "(informal) A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth."
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɡɒˈɹɪl.ə/",
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        "UK",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/",
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        "US"
      ]
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    }
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
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      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "غُورِيلَا"
    },
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      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gorilla",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "գորիլլա"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "qorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "harýla",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гары́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "gorila",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "গরিলা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gorila",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "горила"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "goril·la"
    },
    {
      "code": "cme",
      "lang": "Cerma",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "worniŋo"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "adalisgiyisgi utana",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "ᎠᏓᎵᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ ᎤᏔᎾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "golila",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "ᎪᎵᎳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "daai⁶ sing¹ sing¹",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "大猩猩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàxīngxing",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "大猩猩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorille"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gorila",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "გორილა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gorílas",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γορίλας"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gorillā",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गोरिल्ला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "górilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "goraille"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gorira",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "ゴリラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "gorilla",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "горилла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gorilla",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "고릴라"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "mágítsoh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorille"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "pau",
      "lang": "Palauan",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "korira"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "goril",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "گوریل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "goryl"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gorilă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gorílla",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гори́лла"
    },
    {
      "code": "rw",
      "lang": "Rwanda-Rundi",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "ingagi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "ngagi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilya"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gɔɔ-rin-lâa",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "กอริลลา"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ling-gor-rin-laa",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "ลิงกอริลลา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "goril"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyz",
      "lang": "Tày",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "căng"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "horýla",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гори́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "gorillā",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "گورلا"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "khỉ đột"
    },
    {
      "alt": "大猩猩",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "đại tinh tinh"
    },
    {
      "code": "wo",
      "lang": "Wolof",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "dàngin gi"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "gorile",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "גאָרילע"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thug",
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gorílas",
      "sense": "thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γορίλας"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bandít",
      "sense": "thug",
      "word": "банди́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gromíla",
      "sense": "thug",
      "word": "громи́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thug",
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thug",
      "word": "grmalj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "thug",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thug",
      "word": "gorilla"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "gorilla"
  ],
  "word": "gorilla"
}

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