gibbon
A small, arboreal ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to…A small, arboreal ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through tropical rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.
» Edward Gibbon wrote a book about the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Эдвард Гиббон написал книгу об упадке и падении Римской империи.
Значение
значений: 1A small, arboreal ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through tropical rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.
Gibbon
гиббо́нgibbón
- smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
- English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
Примеры
предложений: 4Edward Gibbon wrote a book about the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Эдвард Гиббон написал книгу об упадке и падении Римской империи. — Wezel
In Northern India lives another gibbon, the hoolock.
Gibbons are the smallest tailless monkeys. They are excellent acrobats.
ukГібони — найменші безхвості мавпи. Вони чудові акробати. — deniko
Four leopard cubs, a bear cub, a monkey, and a red-cheeked gibbon were found sedated and packed into small cages.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
Reborrowing from French gibbon, folk etymology (compare English Gibbon) ultimately from aReborrowing from French gibbon, folk etymology (compare English Gibbon) ultimately from a Northern Aslian language (compare Batek kəboɲ).
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Формы
мн. число: gibbonsСинонимы
синонимов: 4- smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies:Hylobates lar
- English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794):Edward Gibbon