Gibbon

Gib·bon  (gbn), Edward 1737-1794.

British historian who wrote the classic text The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-1788).

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gib·bon  (gbn)

n.

Any of several small arboreal apes of the genus Hylobates of southeast Asia and the East Indies, having a slender body, long arms, and no tail.

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[French.]

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gibbon [ˈgɪb^ən]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small agile arboreal anthropoid ape of the genus Hylobates, inhabiting forests in S Asia

[from French, probably from an Indian dialect word]

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Gibbon [ˈgɪb^ən]

n

1. (Biographies / Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794) M, English, HISTORY: historian) Edward. 1737-94, English historian; author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88), controversial in its historical criticism of Christianity

2. (Biographies / Gibbon, Lewis Grassic (1901-1935) M, Scottish, WRITING: writer) Lewis Grassic (ˈgræsɪk), real name James Leslie Mitchell. 1901-35, Scottish writer: best known for his trilogy of novels Scots Quair (1932-34)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Gibbon - English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794) Edward Gibbon
	2.	gibbon - smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies Hylobates lar lesser ape - gibbons and siamangs genus Hylobates, Hylobates - gibbons

Translations

gibbon [ˈgɪbən] N → gibón m

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gibbon [ˈgɪbən] n → gibbon m

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gibbon

n → Gibbon m

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gibbon [ˈgɪbən] n → gibbone m

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gibbon [ˈgɪbən] n → gibbone m

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gibbon

n gibbon [ˈgibən]

a type of ape with long arms. langarmaap نَوع من القُرود гибон gibon gibbon der Gibbon είδος πιθήκου gibón gibon میمون دراز دست gibboni gibbon גיבון लंगूर gibon (majmun) gibbon (majom) siamang gibbonapi gibbone 手長ざる 긴팔원숭이 gibonas gibons ungka gibbon gibbon-ape gibon gibão gibon гиббон gibon gibon gibon gibbon ชะนี kuyruksuz uzun kollu şebek, jibon 長臂猿 гібон لمبی بازوں والا بندر con vượn 长臂猿