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Hylobates

noun

gibbons

• Syn: ↑genus Hylobates

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hylobatidae, ↑family Hylobatidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑gibbon, ↑Hylobates lar, ↑siamang, ↑Hylobates syndactylus, ↑Symphalangus syndactylus

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\\hīˈläbəˌtēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from hyl- + -bates

: a genus of primates comprising the typical gibbons that with the siamang and extinct related forms make up a subfamily of Pongidae or in some classifications a separate family

Useful english dictionary. 2012.