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gibbon

noun
/ˈɡɪbən/

Etymology

Reborrowing from French gibbon, folk etymology (compare English Gibbon) ultimately from a Northern Aslian language (compare Batek kəboɲ).

  1. borrowed from gibbon

Definitions

  1. A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through…

    A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.

  2. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gibbon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA