gibbon, Hylobates lar
(noun) smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
Gibbon, Edward Gibbon
(noun) English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Gibbon
A surname.
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gibbon (plural gibbons)
A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.
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Source: Wiktionary
Gib"bon, n. Etym: [Cf. F. gibbon.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Note: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 May 2025
(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
