western lowland gorilla
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- noun
- /ˈwɛstərn ˈloʊˌlænd ɡəˈrɪlə/
- South African
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gorila de llanura occidental
- From 2001 to 2005, more than 5,000 western lowland gorillas in Africa died from Ebola, according to Magdalena Bermejo, a primatologist at the University of Barcelona.
- captive western lowland gorilla
- wild western lowland gorillas
- female western lowland gorilla
Examples
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For over two years, Jennifer has been studying how a group of western lowland gorillas at the Bronx Zoo's Congo Gorilla Forest communicates.
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This plant, which wild western lowland gorillas preferentially eat, contains a powerful anti-inflammatory compound.
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The most common type of bed made by western lowland gorillas, the scientists found, is in patches of Aframomum.
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No one has kept track of exactly how many captive western lowland gorillas have succumbed, but scientists are hot on the trail.
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Western lowland gorillas in Africa don't have far to look for A. melegueta.
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Aframomum, however, makes up 80 to 90 percent of the diets of wild western lowland gorillas, studies show.
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A film on the plight of wild western lowland gorillas reveals the stark reality of life in the real Congo.
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The zoo is home to 22 western lowland gorillas, 16 females and 6 males, in a habitat called Congo Gorilla Forest.
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Zuri is a silverback western lowland gorilla who has sired seven offspring at the Bronx Zoo.
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In the dense jungles of the Republic of Congo, the western lowland gorilla can often be spotted foraging for fruits and leaves.
Synonyms
The smallest type of gorilla that lives in central African forests
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase's meaning is directly derivable from its parts: 'western' (from the west) + 'lowland' (low-lying area) + 'gorilla' (primate) describes a gorilla living in western lowlands. This modifier+modifier+noun composition is a transparent, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the intended referent.
Etymology
Western lowland gorilla comes from where the animal lives: western means 'the west' part of central Africa, lowland means 'flat, low forests', and gorilla is the animal. So the name simply tells you this is the type of gorilla that lives in the lowland forests of western Central Africa.