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gibbon

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1. gibbon - Noun

2. Gibbon - Proper noun

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Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.

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Out came Ms. Hilton in a Juicy track suit, chattering away like a gibbon on her jewel-encrusted cell phone. It was like magic, if magic were like a extra-strength laxative. April Winchell

I think perhaps it wasn't a good idea to read aloud Gibbon to me in the evenings, because if it's nice and hot by the fire, there's something about Gibbon that does, rather, make you go to sleep. Agatha Christie

Gibbon observes that in the Arabian book par excellence, in the Koran, there are no camels; I believe if there were any doubt as to the authenticity of the Koran, this absence of camels would be sufficient to prove it is an Arabian work. Jorge Luis Borges

Mr. Gibbon is said to be now employed (at Lausanne) in writing the History of England. For my own part I think he has already written too much, and that his merit would have been more generally acknowledged had he never completed his Decline of the Empire. Joseph Ritson

Among the animals, the gibbon and the crane were considered experts at inhaling the qi. Source: Internet

AST consisted of several Paleo-Eskimo cultures, including the Independence cultures and Pre-Dorset culture. citation Gibbon, pp. 28–31 The Dorset culture ( Inuktitut : Tuniit or Tunit) refers to the next inhabitants of central and eastern Arctic. Source: Internet

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