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Gorilla — Sm ein Menschenaffe , übertragen Leibwächter std. (19. Jh.) Onomastische Bildung. Entlehnt aus ne. gorilla. Das Wort taucht zuerst in dem Reisebericht des Karthagers Hanno (5. Jh. v. Chr. ) auf und bezeichnet in Afrika (Kamerun) angetroffene… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Gorilla — (Gorilla gorilla Wymann, Troglodytes Gorilla Sav., Gorilla gina Geoffr., s. Tafel »Affen II«, Fig. 1), der größte der menschenähnlichen Affen (Anthropomorphen), wird 2 m hoch, hat einen mächtigen Kopf mit hohem Scheitel und Hinterhauptskamm und… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
gorilla — ☆ gorilla [gə ril′ə ] n. [< Gr gorillai, a tribe of hairy women, recorded by Hanno, Carthaginian navigator, as the native name in use in W Africa in the 5th c. B.C. for wild creatures found there] 1. the largest, and most powerful of the great … English World dictionary
gorilla — 1847, applied to the apes (Troglodytes gorills) by U.S. missionary Thomas Savage, from Gk. gorillai, plural of name given to wild, hairy people in a Greek translation of Carthaginian navigator Hanno s account of his voyage along the N.W. coast of … Etymology dictionary
Gorilla — Go*ril la, n. [An African word; found in a Greek translation of a treatise in Punic by Hanno, a Carthaginian.] (Zo[ o]l.) A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gorilla — Gorilla,der:⇨Leibwächter … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
gorilla — s.m. [dal gr. Górillai pl., adattam. d una voce africana, ripreso nel 1847 dall americano T. S. Savage; nel sign. 3. b sul modello del fr. gorille ], invar. 1. (zool.) [mammifero primate pongide vegetariano che vive in piccoli gruppi nelle… … Enciclopedia Italiana
gorilla — ► NOUN 1) a powerfully built great ape of central Africa, the largest living primate. 2) informal a heavily built aggressive looking man. ORIGIN Greek, representing an alleged African word for a wild or hairy person … English terms dictionary
Gorilla — For other uses, see Gorilla (disambiguation). Blackback and Silverback redirect here. For other uses, see Blackback (disambiguation) and Silverback (disambiguation). Gorillas[1] … Wikipedia
