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Definition of Gibbon

1. Noun. English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794).

2. Noun. Smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies.

Definition of Gibbon

1. n. Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.

Definition of Gibbon

1. an arboreal ape [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gibbon

1. Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing. The white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar), the crowned (H. Pilatus), the wou-wou or singing gibbon (H. Agilis), the siamang, and the hoolock. Are the most common species. Origin: Cf. F. Gibbon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gibbon

gibberellin 3beta-hydroxylase gibberellin 7-oxidase gibbering gibberish gibberishes gibbers gibbet gibbet gibbeted gibbeting

gibbets gibbetted gibbetting gibbing gibbon (current term) gibbon (current term) gibbons gibbose gibbosities gibbosity

gibbous gibbous gibbously gibbousness Gibbs Gibbs Gibbs' theorem gibbs-donnan effect Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium Gibbs-Helmholtz equation

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