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GIBBON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
Synonyms:
gibbon; Hylobates lar
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gibbon" is a kind of...):
lesser ape (gibbons and siamangs)
Holonyms ("gibbon" is a member of...):
genus Hylobates; Hylobates (gibbons)
Sense 2
Meaning:
English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
Synonyms:
Edward Gibbon; Gibbon
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)
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