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gibbon definition

gib·bon (gib′ən)

noun

any of a family (Hylobatidae) of small, slender, long-armed, tree-dwelling, anthropoid apes of India, S China, and the East Indies

Etymology: Fr < native name

Gibbon definition

Gib·bon (gib′ən)

Gibbon, Edward 1737-94; Eng. historian

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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