agile gibbon

noun

: a gibbon (Hylobates agilis) of Malaysia and Sumatra that occurs in two color phases, one blackish brown, the other buffy brown, both with white brow and black face

Word History

Etymology

agile, translation of New Latin agilis, specific epithet of Hylobates agilis

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

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