hoolock gibbon

noun

hoo·​lock gibbon ˈhü-ˌläk- 

-lək-

variants or hoolock

plural hoolock gibbons also hoolocks

: 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).

Word History

Etymology

native name in northeastern India or Burma

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