1. plural lares \\ˈlāˌrēz, ˈla(a)(ˌ)rēz, ˈläˌrās\ often capitalized : a tutelary god or spirit of the ancient Romans associated with a particular locality (as a field or the home) sometimes conceived as a beneficent ancestral spirit or as the equivalent for the dead of the genius of the living
2. also lar gibbon -s [New Latin (specific epithet of Hylobates lar), from Latin] : a Malayan gibbon (Hylobates lar) with white hands and feet
Useful english dictionary. 2012.