Gorilla gorilla gorilla
- noun
- Specialized
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Gorilla gorilla gorilla
- Did you know that the Gorilla gorilla gorilla is the smallest subspecies?
- lowland gorilla
- western lowland gorilla
Examples
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The Gorilla gorilla gorilla is found primarily in the dense forests of Central Africa.
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The Gorilla gorilla gorilla is listed as critically endangered due to habitat loss and poaching.
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Researchers observed a family of Gorilla gorilla gorilla in the wild using advanced tracking devices.
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The Gorilla gorilla gorilla is a fascinating species.
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Researchers observed a family of Gorilla gorilla gorilla in the wild using advanced tracking devices.
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The Gorilla gorilla gorilla is found primarily in the dense forests of Central Africa.
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The Gorilla gorilla gorilla is listed as critically endangered due to habitat loss and poaching.
Synonyms
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A large ape from the forests of western Central Africa that is the most common gorilla
Surface Forms
Morphology
Each token 'gorilla' clearly signals the animal, so a learner who knows the word will recognize the referent as a gorilla, but the precise meaning (the western lowland subspecies) depends on scientific taxonomic naming conventions (binomial/trinomial Latin usage) that a B1 learner is unlikely to know. Therefore the expression gives a partial clue (it's a kind of gorilla) but its exact, specific subspecies sense is not derivable from the repeated common-word constituents.
Etymology
Gorilla gorilla gorilla comes from the way scientists name animals: the first Gorilla is the animal's group, the second Gorilla is the species, and the third gorilla marks the particular kind, so the name repeats three times. So, the repeated name is just the 'formal name' for the western lowland gorilla.