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[gib-uhn] / ˈgɪb ən /




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Vikram, an award-winning actor from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, was seen hugging and playing with a lar gibbon in a now-deleted video posted on Instagram on Monday.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The team labelled up to half the data for the AI, teaching it "this is gibbon, this is not", said Ratha Sor.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Skywalker gibbon couples wake up each morning and sing to each other, their voices echoing across the forest canopy of their home.

From Science Daily Feb. 14, 2024

The park has held off on an expansion of its gibbon pen, a big project that would have given the playful primates more space, but would have also required taking out a loan.

From New York Times Nov. 2, 2023

Thus left to myself, I soon attracted the attention of a wretched, squalid-looking animal, something between a scare-crow and a long-armed gibbon.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 489, May 14, 1831 by Various




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