white-handed gibbon

[ hwahyt-han-did, -han-, wahyt- ]

/ ˈʰwaɪtˌhæn dɪd, -ˈhæn-, ˈwaɪt- /

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noun

a gibbon, Hylobates lar, inhabiting Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, and northern Sumatra, varying from black to light buff in color, and having white hands and feet: an endangered species.

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Also called lar, lar gibbon.

Words nearby white-handed gibbon

white gum, white-haired, white-haired boy, white hake, Whitehall, white-handed gibbon, white hat, whitehead, white-headed, white heat, white hellebore

How to use white-handed gibbon in a sentence

The breakdown of the 114th Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male, and 92 percent Christian.
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If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There were rumors of shrieks and flashes emanating from the well, and reports of a figure in white.
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The FBI raided his home in 2000 with an affidavit questioning his use of $200,000 from his white supremacist fundraising.
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

But after winning 55 percent of the white vote, Duke had a database of supporters some politicians coveted.
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And she would be wearing some of the jewels with the white dress—just a few, not many, of course.
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None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.
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One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.
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That evening in the gondola, with one old and two newer friends, is marked with a white stone in my recollection.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Why not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various