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Gibbon

gib·bon

UK/ˈɡɪbən/ US/ɡɪˈbɑn/ rare

noun

1.

English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)

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2.

smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies

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Origin

Reborrowing from French gibbon, folk etymology (compare English Gibbon) ultimately from a Northern Aslian language (compare Batek kəboɲ).

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