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7 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
originFrom 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 from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0