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 Definitions of gibbon  [ˈgɪb ən]  

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Definition of 'gibbon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) gibbon
any small, slender arboreal ape of the genera Hylobates or Symphalangus, of S Asia.

2. (n.) Gibbon
Edward, 1737–94, English historian.


Definition of 'gibbon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Gibbon, Edward Gibbon
English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)

2. (noun) gibbon, Hylobates lar
smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies


Definition of 'gibbon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) gibbon
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


Translation of 'gibbon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of ape with long arms.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: langarmaap Arabic flag Arabic: نَوع من القُرود Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гибон
Brazilian flag Brazilian: gibão Czech flag Czech: gibon German flag German: der Gibbon
Danish flag Danish: gibbon Greek flag Greek: είδος πιθήκου Spanish flag Spanish: gibón
Estonian flag Estonian: gibon Farsi flag Farsi: میمون دراز دست Finnish flag Finnish: gibboni
French flag French: gibbon Hebrew flag Hebrew: גיבון Hindi flag Hindi: लंगूर
Croatian flag Croatian: gibon (majmun) Hungarian flag Hungarian: gibbon (majom) Indonesian flag Indonesian: siamang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gibbonapi Italian flag Italian: gibbone Japanese flag Japanese: 手長ざる
Korean flag Korean: 긴팔원숭이 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gibonas Latvian flag Latvian: gibons
Malay flag Malay: ungka Dutch flag Dutch: gibbon Norwegian flag Norwegian: gibbon-ape
Polish flag Polish: gibon Persian flag Persian: میمون دراز دست Pashto flag Pashto: كيبون، يو ډول بيزده چې او
Portuguese flag Portuguese: gibão Romanian flag Romanian: gibon Russian flag Russian: гиббон
Slovak flag Slovak: gibon Slovenian flag Slovenian: gibon Serbian flag Serbian: gibon
Swedish flag Swedish: gibbon Thai flag Thai: ชะนี Turkish flag Turkish: kuyruksuz uzun kolluşebek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 長臂猿 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гібон Urdu flag Urdu: لمبی بازوں والا بندر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: con vượn Chinese flag Chinese: 长臂猿

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