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Definition of
gibbon noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
gibbon
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈɡɪbən
/
/
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a small
ape
(= an animal like a large
monkey
without a tail) with long arms, that lives in S.E. Asia
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