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gibbon

noun
🔊/ˈɡɪbən/
🔊/ˈɡɪbən/
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  1. a small ape (= an animal like a large monkey without a tail) with long arms, that lives in south-east Asia长臂猿（栖息于东南亚）Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from an Indian dialect word.