亚洲网紅露点

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gibbon

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[ gib-uhn ]

noun

  1. any of the small arboreal apes of the East Indies and southern Asia that belong to the four genera of the family Hylobatidae (the lesser apes), displaying strong territorial behavior with vigorous vocalization and having wrists much like ball-and-socket joints: all species are reduced in number, and most are endangered.


Gibbon

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[ gib-uhn ]

noun

  1. Edward, 1737鈥94, English historian.

Gibbon

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/ 藞伞瑟产蓹苍 /

noun

  1. GibbonEdward17371794MEnglishHISTORY: historian Edward. 1737鈥94, English historian; author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776鈥88), controversial in its historical criticism of Christianity
  2. GibbonLewis Grassic19011935MScottishWRITING: writer Lewis Grassic (藞伞r忙s瑟k), real name James Leslie Mitchell . 1901鈥35, Scottish writer: best known for his trilogy of novels Scots Quair (1932鈥34)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gibbon

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/ 藞伞瑟产蓹苍 /

noun

  1. any small agile arboreal anthropoid ape of the genus Hylobates, inhabiting forests in S Asia
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gibbon1

First recorded in 1760鈥70; from French, used by Georges Buffon; further origin uncertain
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gibbon1

C18: from French, probably from an Indian dialect word
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鈥淐leverness. You see so many stickers saying I Brake For Squirrels, or Garage Sales or whatever. Brachiation is using your arms to swing through the tree branches, like gibbons and spider monkeys.鈥

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This includes providing care for lions, tigers, gibbons, macaws, chimpanzees, parrots, goats, sheep, rabbits and reptiles, among other creatures.

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These include African lions, tigers, gibbons, macaws, chimpanzees, parrots, goats, sheep, rabbits, reptiles and more.

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Environmentalists have warned that as the capital expands, it may spill over into the habitats of endangered species such as proboscis monkeys, orangutans and gibbons.

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Orangutans and gibbons are tailless apes that still live in trees.

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