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gibbon

[gib-uhn] / ˈgɪb ən /




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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

"And I'm pleased to say I've beaten the challenge of Kent the gibbon external-link in Zagreb Zoo. He went very quiet once Croatia lost in the semi-finals."

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2022

“In the beginning, ‘Gibbon’ was about two gibbon friends.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2022

The next most important difference is that in the gibbon the four canine teeth are very large and tusk-like, and must certainly be of value as weapons of attack—which man's are not.

From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir




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