Gorilla

See also: gorilla, górilla, and goril·la

Translingual

A male silverback gorilla

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).

Proper noun

Gorilla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – the gorillas, the largest of the great apes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Gorilla beringei (eastern gorilla), Gorilla gorilla (western gorilla)

Translations

gorilla — see gorilla

References

• Gorilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gorilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Gorilla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gorilla at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Gorilla at Encyclopedia of Life
• Gorilla at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Gorilla in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈʁɪla/

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Noun

Gorilla m (strong, genitive Gorillas, plural Gorillas or Gorilla)

1. gorilla

Declension

Declension of Gorilla [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Gorilla	die	Gorillas, Gorilla
genitive	eines	des	Gorillas	der	Gorillas, Gorilla
dative	einem	dem	Gorilla	den	Gorillas, Gorilla
accusative	einen	den	Gorilla	die	Gorillas, Gorilla

Hyponyms

• Gorilla-Mann
• Gorilla-Männchen
• Gorilla-Sohn
• Gorilla-Tochter
• Gorilla-Weibchen
• Gorillababy
• Gorilladame
• Gorillafrau
• Gorillajunges
• Gorillakind
• Gorillamann
• Gorillamännchen
• Gorillamutter
• Gorillasohn
• Gorillatochter
• Gorillavater
• Gorillaweibchen

 

Derived terms

• Asphaltgorilla
• Berggorilla
• Cross-River-Gorilla
• Flachlandgorilla
• Gorilla-Bestand
• Gorilla-Film
• Gorilla-Forscher
• Gorilla-Forschung
• Gorilla-Genom
• Gorilla-Gruppe
• Gorilla-Kostüm
• Gorilla-Spezies
• Gorilla-Video
• Gorilla-Vorfahr
• Gorillaanlage
• Gorillaanzug
• Gorillaart
• gorillaartig
• Gorillabestand
• Gorilladarsteller
• Gorilladichte
• Gorillafamilie
• Gorillafigur
• Gorillafilm
• Gorillaforscher
• Gorillaforschung
• Gorillagehege
• Gorillagehirn
• Gorillagenom
• Gorillagesicht
• gorillagroß
• Gorillagruppe
• Gorillahaus
• Gorillahaut
• Gorillaindividuum
• Gorillajagd
• Gorillajäger
• Gorillakäfig
• Gorillakostüm
• Gorillamädchen
• Gorillamaske
• Gorillamotiv
• Gorillanachwuchs
• Gorillapaar
• Gorillapopulation
• Gorillaschädel
• Gorillaskelett
• Gorillaspezies
• Gorillasuche
• Gorillasucher
• Gorillavideo
• Gorillavorfahr
• Gorillawaise
• Östlicher Gorilla
• Westlicher Gorilla

 

Further reading

• “Gorilla” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Gorilla” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Gorilla” in Duden online
• Gorilla on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de