mountain gorilla

noun

: a gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) inhabiting the Virunga mountain range

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The title refers to a national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel set out to capture the fight against mountain gorilla extinction. Tomris Laffly, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025 But Kigali was only the beginning, taking me one step closer to the mighty Virunga Massif, home to mountain gorillas. Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2025 At the other end of the scale, dolphins and chimpanzees had a monogamy rating of just 4%, while mountain gorillas came in at 6%. Jack Guy, CNN Money, 10 Dec. 2025 An immense valley led to a line of blue mountains in the distance: Virunga National Park, where the mountain gorillas coexisted uneasily with F.D.L.R. Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mountain gorilla

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First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mountain gorilla was in 1922

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“Mountain gorilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountain%20gorilla. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.

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