Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gibbon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gibbon \Gib"bon\, n. [Cf. F. gibbon.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any arboreal ape of the genus {Hylobates}, of which many
species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern
Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have
very long arms, adapted for climbing.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Gibbon
n 1: English historian best known for his history of the Roman
Empire (1737-1794) [syn: {Gibbon}, {Edward Gibbon}]
2: smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having
long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
[syn: {Hylobates lar}]
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