- gibbon gib·bon n
- ['ɡɪbən]
gibbone m
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gibbon gib·bon n
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gib|bon — «GIHB uhn», noun. the smallest kind of ape, having very long arms and no tail. Gibbons live in trees in southeastern Asia and the East Indies. ╂[< French gibbon] … Useful english dictionary
Gibbon — Gib bon, n. [Cf. F. gibbon.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gibbon — Gib|bon der; s, s <aus gleichbed. fr. gibbon, weitere Herkunft unsicher> südostasiat. schwanzloser Langarmaffe … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Gibbon,Edward — Gib·bon (gĭbʹən), Edward. 1737 1794. British historian who wrote the classic text The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776 1788). * * * … Universalium
gibbon — gib|bon [ˈgıbən] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Frenc] a small animal like a monkey, with long arms and no tail, that lives in trees in Asia … Dictionary of contemporary English
gibbon — gib|bon [ gıbən ] noun count an animal that looks like a monkey with long arms and no tail that lives in the forests of India and Indonesia … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gibbon — gib·bon … English syllables
Gibbon — Gib•bon [[t]ˈgɪb ən[/t]] n. anh big Edward, 1737–94, English historian … From formal English to slang
gibbon — gib•bon [[t]ˈgɪb ən[/t]] n. mam any small, slender arboreal ape of the genera Hylobates or Symphalangus, of S Asia • Etymology: 1760–70; < F, name of uncert. orig. used by Buffon … From formal English to slang
gibbon — gib|bon sb., en, er, erne (en menneskeabe) … Dansk ordbog
si|a|bon — «SEE uh buhn, SYAH buhn», noun. the offspring of a siamang (genus Symphalangus) and a gibbon (genus Hylobates): »The siabon combines the physical features of both parents and has 47 chromosomes (Charles F. Merbs). ╂[< sia(mang) + (gib) … Useful english dictionary
