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Noun

1. 1
   Any of the large gibbons of genus Hoolock of the family Hylobatidae..

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Example

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"In Northern India lives another gibbon, the hoolock."

Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese হলৌ (holou) or a kindred Eastern Indo-Aryan language.

Related phrases

Skywalker hoolockeastern hoolockwestern hoolock

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