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Definition 2024
Gibbon
gibbon
gibbon
See also: Gibbon
English
Noun
gibbon (plural gibbons)
- A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.
Translations
small ape
French
Etymology
Brought to Europe from French India by Joseph François Dupleix, supposedly a word from a lost Indian dialect.
Noun
gibbon m (plural gibbons)