ngina

English

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Noun

ngina (plural nginas)

  1. (dated) The gorilla.
    • 1902, Percy Watkins Myles, James Britten, George Simonds Boulger, The Selborne magazine and "Nature notes", volume 13:
      It traverses the whole range of animal life in tropical Africa, from the ngina or gorilla to the butterflies and ants: he makes the animals tell their own stories; and his text is illustrated with some telling drawings.
    • 1914, Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, In African forest and jungle:
      The nginas can see wonderfully well through the jungle.

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