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Webster 1913 Edition


Yuen

Yu′en

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The crowned gibbon (
Hylobates pileatus
), native of Siam, Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely arboreal in its habits, and has very long arms. the males are dark brown or blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark hair, and usually with a white band around the face. The females are yellowish white, with a dark spot on the breast and another on the crown. Called also
wooyen
, and
wooyen ape
.

Definition 2024


yuen

yuen

See also: yün and ýüň

English

Noun

yuen

  1. The crowned gibbon or pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus)

Japanese

Romanization

yuen

  1. rōmaji reading of ゆえん