SINCE 1828
hoolock gibbon
noun
hoo·lock gibbon
| \ ˈhü-ˌläk-
, -lək-\
, -lək-\
variants:
or hoolock
plural hoolock gibbons
also hoolocks
Definition of hoolock gibbon
: a forest-dwelling gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) of Eastern Bangladesh, northeastern India, and western Myanmar
also
: a closely related gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys) of southern China and northeastern Myanmar
Note: Taxonomic classification remains unsettled with the hoolock gibbons often considered to be subspecies of a single species (Hoolock hoolock or Bunopithecus hoolock).
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