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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Gibbonsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Hylobates; Hylobates

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Hylobates" is a kind of...):

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "Hylobates"):

    gibbon; Hylobates lar (smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies)

    Hylobates syndactylus; siamang; Symphalangus syndactylus (large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web)

    Holonyms ("Hylobates" is a member of...):

    family Hylobatidae; Hylobatidae (used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae)

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