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Gibbon
WordNet
noun
(1) Smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
(2) English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.
Etymology
Brought to Europe from French India by Joseph François Dupleixhttp://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=gibbon.