ˈlär noun
Etymology: Latin — more at larva
1. plural lares ˈlāˌrēz, ˈla(a)(ˌ)rēz, ˈläˌrās often capitalized : a tutelary god or spirit of the ancient Romans associated with a particular locality (as a field or the home) sometimes conceived as a beneficent ancestral spirit or as the equivalent for the dead of the genius of the living
2. also lar gibbon -s
[New Latin (specific epithet of Hylobates lar ), from Latin]
: a Malayan gibbon ( Hylobates lar ) with white hands and feet