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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A member of the genus Hylobates or subfamily Hylobatinæ; a long-armed ape or gibbon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Hylobates; a gibbon, or long-armed ape. See gibbon.

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  • noun Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.

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Ancient Greek

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