lowland gorilla

noun

: either of two gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla or G. beringei graueri) that inhabit lowland rainforests of west central Africa

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Harambe was a western lowland gorilla who lived at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden for two years. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 28 May 2026 Native to the Congo Basin, western lowland gorillas receive far less attention than their mountain cousins. — Mary Holland, Air Mail, 25 Apr. 2026 Little Joe, the 33-year-old western lowland gorilla who has spent decades at Franklin Park Zoo, is leaving Boston. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026 Key Background Harambe, a western lowland gorilla, was shot and killed by a Cincinnati Zoo employee after a three-year-old boy climbed under a fence into his enclosure. — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for lowland gorilla

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1927, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of lowland gorilla was in 1927

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