Gibbon

/ˈɡɪbən/

Synonyms for "gibbon" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
hylobates larlesser ape

Related words (3)

Noun(1 words)
small ape

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

3 entries
lesser apemammalprimate

More specific

4 entries
pileated gibbonsiamangspectacled gibbonwhite handed gibbon

Collocations

5 entries
gibbon behaviorgibbon habitatgibbon populationpileated gibbonwhite handed gibbon

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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Edward Gibbon wrote a book about the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.

Source: tatoeba (7813166)

In Northern India lives another gibbon, the hoolock.

Source: tatoeba (10652514)

Four leopard cubs, a bear cub, a monkey, and a red-cheeked gibbon were found sedated and packed into small cages.

Source: tatoeba (11042605)

'[…] Suppose that in years to come, when the Church's troubles seem to be over, there should come an apostate of my own trade, a false historian, with the mind of Cicero or Tacitus and the soul of an animal,' and he nodded towards the gibbon who fretted his golden chain and chattered for fruit.

Source: wiktionary

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