gorilla
n. large of the anthropoid apes (native to Africa); ugly violent person; brute, thug (Slang) | ||||
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Gorilla Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Gorilla
(n.)
A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.
(n.)
A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.
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gorilla
Noun
1. largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
(synonym) Gorilla gorilla
(hypernym) great ape, pongid
(hyponym) western lowland gorilla, Gorilla gorilla gorilla
(member-holonym) genus Gorilla
Noun
1. largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
(synonym) Gorilla gorilla
(hypernym) great ape, pongid
(hyponym) western lowland gorilla, Gorilla gorilla gorilla
(member-holonym) genus Gorilla
| Australian Slang |
Gorilla
1. ugly, brutal fellow; 2. sum of $1000
1. ugly, brutal fellow; 2. sum of $1000
| hEnglish - advanced version |
gorilla
gorilla
\go*ril"la\ (?), n. [an african word; found in a greek translation of a treatise in punic by hanno, a carthaginian.] (zo?l.) a large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of west africa. it is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. in some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.
similar words(5)
gorilla arm
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gorilla gorilla gorilla
gorilla gorilla gorilla
western lowland gorilla
gorilla
\go*ril"la\ (?), n. [an african word; found in a greek translation of a treatise in punic by hanno, a carthaginian.] (zo?l.) a large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of west africa. it is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. in some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.
similar words(5)
gorilla arm
gorilla gorilla gorilla
gorilla gorilla gorilla
gorilla gorilla gorilla
western lowland gorilla
Gorilla Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Gorilla Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Anthropoids
Anthropoids The larger or manlike apes. During the period when the fourth root-race of mankind in this fourth round on globe D (our earth) was passing its climax, certain humans as yet only partially conscious miscegenated with the then existing types of simians or monkeys, which were themselves the offspring of an earlier similar miscegenation of the third root-race. That the anthropoids are a product descended partly from the human stem, and not forms ascending towards man in the sense of earlier Darwinism, is shown by a study of the structural and functional differences and resemblances between anthropoids and man (cf MIE 94-116, 305-12).
Since the middle of the fourth root-race, no monads from the animal kingdom could any longer enter the human kingdom because from that time the earth started on its ascending arc of evolution. Nevertheless, the monads imbodied in the anthropoids will enter the very lowest and least evolved branchlets of the human kingdom during the fifth round. The monads now in anthropoid bodies will disappear from incarnation during the present fifth root-race to enter their inter-round paranirvana, remaining as astral monads until the next (fifth) round. A relatively few individuals among the anthropoids, because of having attained the most advanced degree of evolution in the anthropoid stock, will reach quasi-human status, although still in anthropoid bodies, before the fifth root-race has reached its end. Even these exceptional anthropoids will probably have died out before the fifth root-race is ended or by the early sixth root-race -- a period several million years from now.
Anthropoids The larger or manlike apes. During the period when the fourth root-race of mankind in this fourth round on globe D (our earth) was passing its climax, certain humans as yet only partially conscious miscegenated with the then existing types of simians or monkeys, which were themselves the offspring of an earlier similar miscegenation of the third root-race. That the anthropoids are a product descended partly from the human stem, and not forms ascending towards man in the sense of earlier Darwinism, is shown by a study of the structural and functional differences and resemblances between anthropoids and man (cf MIE 94-116, 305-12).
Since the middle of the fourth root-race, no monads from the animal kingdom could any longer enter the human kingdom because from that time the earth started on its ascending arc of evolution. Nevertheless, the monads imbodied in the anthropoids will enter the very lowest and least evolved branchlets of the human kingdom during the fifth round. The monads now in anthropoid bodies will disappear from incarnation during the present fifth root-race to enter their inter-round paranirvana, remaining as astral monads until the next (fifth) round. A relatively few individuals among the anthropoids, because of having attained the most advanced degree of evolution in the anthropoid stock, will reach quasi-human status, although still in anthropoid bodies, before the fifth root-race has reached its end. Even these exceptional anthropoids will probably have died out before the fifth root-race is ended or by the early sixth root-race -- a period several million years from now.
Door to the Human Kingdom
Door to the Human Kingdom Theosophical term expressing the idea that no more entities below the human stage will evolve into human beings in this round. The reason for this is that
"when Globe A of the new chain is ready, the first class or Hierarchy of Monads from the Lunar chain incarnate upon it in the lowest kingdom, and so on successively. The result of this is, that it is only the first class of Monads which attains the human state of development during the first Round, since the second class, on each planet, arriving later, has not time to reach that stage. Thus the Monads of Class 2 reach the incipient human stage only in the Second Round, and so on up to the middle of the Fourth Round. But at this point -- and on this Fourth Round in which the human stage will be fully developed -- the 'Door' into the human kingdom closes; and henceforward the number of 'human' Monads, i.e., Monads in the human stage of development, is complete. For the Monads which had not reached the human stage by this point will, owing to the evolution of humanity itself, find themselves so far behind that they will reach the human stage only at the close of the seventh and last Round" (SD 1:173).
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Gorilla Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Gorilla
Gorillas, the largest of the living primates, are ground-dwelling omnivores that inhabit the forests of Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and (still under debate as of 2007) either four or five subspecies. Its DNA is 97%–98% identical to that of a human, and are the next closest living relatives to humans after the two chimpanzee species.
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