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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
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