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HYLOBATES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gibbons
Synonyms:
genus Hylobates; Hylobates
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hylobates" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Hylobates"):
gibbon; Hylobates lar (smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies)
Hylobates syndactylus; siamang; Symphalangus syndactylus (large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web)
Holonyms ("Hylobates" is a member of...):
family Hylobatidae; Hylobatidae (used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae)
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