gorilla

noun/ɡəˈrɪlə/

Frequency rank: #6,667 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A large, powerful ape native to the forests of central Africa.

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Example sentence

The crowd gasped when the gorilla escaped from its enclosure at the zoo.

Synonyms & related words

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