Cross River gorilla

[ kraws-riv-er guh-ril-uh, kros ]

/ ˈkrɔs ˈrɪv ər gəˈrɪl ə, ˈkrɒs /

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the world’s rarest gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli), found only in the mountainous forests near the Cross River along the border of Nigeria and Cameroon and noted for defensively throwing sticks and sod at humans, an unusually bold gorilla behavior: named as a distinct subspecies of the western gorilla in 2000 for its shorter skull and smaller cranial vault and palate, it is victimized by hunting and habitat loss and is the most critically endangered of all great apes.

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Origin of Cross River gorilla

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby Cross River gorilla

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How to use Cross River gorilla in a sentence

He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.
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The reason: activist government and unionized government often work at cross purposes.
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What do you get when you cross an oil company with gay rights?
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This city stands upon almost two equal parts on each side the river that passes through.
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In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
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In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.
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Dick was at the wharf, one day last week, when one of the up river boats arrived.
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San Antonio de Bexar lies in a fertile and well-irrigated valley, stretching westward from the river Salado.
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