English-Thai Dictionary

gibbon

N ชะนี  ape cha-ne

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GIBBON

Gib "bon, n. Etym: [Cf. F. gibbon. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gibbon

gib bon |ˈgibən ˈɡɪbən | ▶noun a small, slender tree-dwelling ape with long powerful arms and loud hooting calls, native to the forests of Southeast Asia. See also white-handed gibbon. [Family Hylobatidae and genus Hylobates: several species. ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French, from an Indian dialect word.

 

Gibbon, Edward

Gib bon, Edward |ˈgibən ˈɡɪbən | (1737 –94 ), English historian. He is best known for his multivolume work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776 –88 ).

 

Gibbon, Lewis Grassic

Gib ¦bon |ˈgɪb (ə )n | (1901 –35 ), Scottish writer; pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell. His short stories were regularly published in the Cornhill Magazine, and his novels include the trilogy A Scots Quair (1932 –4 ).

 

Gibbons, Grinling

Gib |bons |ˈgɪb (ə )nz | (1648 –1721 ), Dutch-born English sculptor. He is famous for his decorative carvings, chiefly in wood, as in the choir stalls of St Paul's Cathedral, London.

 

Gibbons, Orlando

Gib |bons |ˈgɪb (ə )nz | (1583 –1625 ), English composer and musician. He was the organist of Westminster Abbey from 1623 and composed mainly sacred music, although he is also known for madrigals such as The Silver Swan (1612 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

gibbon

gib ¦bon |ˈgɪb (ə )n | ▶noun a small, slender tree-dwelling ape with long powerful arms and loud hooting calls, native to the forests of SE Asia. ●Family Hylobatidae and genus Hylobates: several species. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French, from an Indian dialect word.

 

Gibbon, Edward

Gib ¦bon |ˈgɪb (ə )n | (1737 –94 ), English historian. He is best known for his multi-volume work The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776 –88 ), chapters of which aroused controversy for their critical account of the spread of Christianity.

 

Gibbon, Lewis Grassic

Gib ¦bon |ˈgɪb (ə )n | (1901 –35 ), Scottish writer; pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell. His short stories were regularly published in the Cornhill Magazine, and his novels include the trilogy A Scots Quair (1932 –4 ).

 

Gibbons, Grinling

Gib |bons |ˈgɪb (ə )nz | (1648 –1721 ), Dutch-born English sculptor. He is famous for his decorative carvings, chiefly in wood, as in the choir stalls of St Paul's Cathedral, London.

 

Gibbons, Orlando

Gib |bons |ˈgɪb (ə )nz | (1583 –1625 ), English composer and musician. He was the organist of Westminster Abbey from 1623 and composed mainly sacred music, although he is also known for madrigals such as The Silver Swan (1612 ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Gibbon

Gib bon Substantiv, maskulin , der |G i bbon |der Gibbon; Genitiv: des Gibbons, Plural: die Gibbons französisch gibbon, Herkunft ungeklärt (in den Urwäldern Südostasiens heimischer ) kleinwüchsiger, schwanzloser Affe mit rundlichem Kopf und sehr langen Armen

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gibbon

gib bon /ɡɪ́b (ə )n /名詞 C 〘動 〙テナガザル 〘東南アジア産 〙.