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.
» Gibbons are the smallest tailless monkeys. They are excellent acrobats.
Гібони — найменші безхвості мавпи. Вони чудові акробати.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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)
Examples
4 sentencesGibbons are the smallest tailless monkeys. They are excellent acrobats.
Гібони — найменші безхвості мавпи. Вони чудові акробати.
In Northern India lives another gibbon, the hoolock.
Edward Gibbon wrote a book about the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
ruЭдвард Гиббон написал книгу об упадке и падении Римской империи.
Four leopard cubs, a bear cub, a monkey, and a red-cheeked gibbon were found sedated and packed into small cages.
Translations
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Origin
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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Forms
plural: gibbonsSynonyms
4 synonyms- 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