"ngina" meaning in English

See ngina in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: nginas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ngina (plural nginas)
  1. (dated) The gorilla. Tags: dated Categories (lifeform): Hominids
    Sense id: en-ngina-en-noun-tEWi6tIe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1902, Percy Watkins Myles, James Britten, George Simonds Boulger, The Selborne magazine and \"Nature notes\", volume 13:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1914, Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, In African forest and jungle:",
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        "(dated) The gorilla."
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