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NOUN (2)

1. English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794);
[syn: Gibbon, Edward Gibbon]

2. smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies;
[syn: gibbon, Hylobates lar]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gibbon \Gib"bon\, n. [Cf. F. gibbon.] (Zool.) Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing. Note: The white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar), the crowned (H. pilatus), the wou-wou or singing gibbon (H. agilis), the siamang, and the hoolock. are the most common species. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Gibbon n 1: English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794) [syn: Gibbon, Edward Gibbon] 2: smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies [syn: gibbon, Hylobates lar]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Gibbon, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska Population (2000): 1759 Housing Units (2000): 668 Land area (2000): 0.838856 sq. miles (2.172628 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.838856 sq. miles (2.172628 sq. km) FIPS code: 18615 Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31 Location: 40.747656 N, 98.844381 W ZIP Codes (1990): 68840 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Gibbon, NE Gibbon
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Gibbon, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 808 Housing Units (2000): 378 Land area (2000): 0.887940 sq. miles (2.299753 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.887940 sq. miles (2.299753 sq. km) FIPS code: 23678 Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27 Location: 44.533200 N, 94.524178 W ZIP Codes (1990): 55335 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Gibbon, MN Gibbon