GIBBON


Meaning of GIBBON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgi-bən ]

noun

Etymology: French

Date: 1774

: any of a genus ( Hylobates of the family Hylobatidae) of agile brachiating tailless apes of southeastern Asia that are the smallest and most arboreal anthropoid apes

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.