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western lowland gorilla
[ wes-tern loh-luhnd guh-ril-uh ]
noun
- a black, primarily herbivorous, nonterritorial gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla ), a subspecies of the western gorilla and the smallest of all gorilla subspecies, living in a variety of central African habitats, especially the swamp forests of Democratic Republic of the Congo: listed as critically endangered, it is the only gorilla subspecies to live and breed in zoos.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of western lowland gorilla1
First recorded in 1920–25
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