English Explanatory Dictionary

Kloss's gibbon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small black gibbon (Hylobates klossii), of the Mentawai Islands to the west of Sumatra.

Word forms

Kloss's gibbon Kloss's gibbons

Etymology

Calque of translingual Hylobates klossii (literally “Kloss’s gibbon”).

Synonyms

bilou Mentawai gibbon
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