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Hylobate
(gcide) | Hylobate \Hy"lo*bate\, n. [Gr. ? one that walks or inhabits the
woods: ? a wood + ? to go.] (Zool.)
Any species of the genus Hylobates; a gibbon, or long-armed
ape. See Gibbon.
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Hylobates hoolock
(gcide) | Hoolock \Hoo"lock\, n. (Zool.)
A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock), found in the
mountains of Assam.
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Hylobates lar
(gcide) | Gibbon \Gib"bon\, n. [Cf. F. gibbon.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]Lar \Lar\ (l[aum]r), n. (Zool.)
A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah.
Called also white-handed gibbon.
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Hylobates pileatus
(gcide) | Yuen \Yu"en\, n. (Zool.)
The crowned gibbon (Hylobates pileatus), native of Siam,
Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely
arboreal in its habits, and has very long arms. the males are
dark brown or blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark
hair, and usually with a white band around the face. The
females are yellowish white, with a dark spot on the breast
and another on the crown. Called also wooyen, and {wooyen
ape}.
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Hylobates syndactylus
(gcide) | Siamang \Si"a*mang`\, n. [Malay si[=a]mang.] (Zool.)
A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has
the second and third toes partially united by a web.
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genus hylobates
(wn) | genus Hylobates
n 1: gibbons [syn: Hylobates, genus Hylobates] |
hylobates
(wn) | Hylobates
n 1: gibbons [syn: Hylobates, genus Hylobates] |
hylobates lar
(wn) | Hylobates lar
n 1: smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having
long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
[syn: gibbon, Hylobates lar] |
hylobates syndactylus
(wn) | Hylobates syndactylus
n 1: large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes
partially united by a web [syn: siamang, {Hylobates
syndactylus}, Symphalangus syndactylus] |
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