western gorilla
[ wes-tern guh-ril-uh ]
/ ˈwɛs tərn gəˈrɪl ə /
noun
a blackish or dark gray gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), often with a distinctive reddish brown forehead: its two subspecies, the western lowland gorilla and the rare Cross River gorilla, are both critically endangered.
Origin of western gorilla
First recorded in 1920–25