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Hylobate

Hylobate \Hy"lo*bate\, n. [Gr. ? one that walks or inhabits the woods: ? a wood + ? to go.] (Zo["o]l.) Any species of the genus Hylobates; a gibbon, or long-armed ape. See Gibbon.

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hylobate

n. Any of the genus ''Hylobates'' of gibbons.

Usage examples of "hylobate".

Monsieur de Buffon hints that the naked callosities on the buttocks of the hylobates may conceal scent glands, but he does not go so far as to assert it.