gibbon
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gibbon/ˈɡɪbən/
▶noun a small, slender tree-dwelling ape with long, powerful arms, native to the forests of SE Asia. [Genus Hylobates: several species.]
– origin C18: from Fr., from an Ind. dial. word.
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