gibbon
pronunciation
How to pronounce gibbon in British English:
UK [ˈgɪbən]
How to pronounce gibbon in American English:
US [ˈɡɪbən]
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- Noun:
- smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
Word Origin
- gibbon (n.)
- long-armed ape of the East Indies, 1770, from French gibbon (18c.), supposedly from a word in the French colonies of India but not found in any language there. Brought to Europe by Marquis Joseph-François Dupleix (1697-1763), French governor general in India 1742-54. The surname is Old French Giboin, from Frankish *Geba-win "gift-friend," or in some cases a diminutive of Gibb, itself a familiar form of Gilbert.
Example
- 1. A baby cao vit gibbon has been learning to search for food .
- 2. A white-handed gibbon monkey licks frozen fruits at the zoo in sao paulo
- 3. They worked out the gibbon 's vocal tract had been adjusted by analysing the sounds it produced .
- 4. Washingtonians who live close to the national zoo know all too well about gibbon songs .
- 5. Stevens was not surprised at the study 's results , because regional variation in color and pattern of gibbon coats has already been established .