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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gibbon \Gib"bon\, n. [Cf. F. gibbon.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
gibbon
n : smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having
long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
[syn: {Hylobates lar}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gibbon, MN (city, FIPS 23678)
Location: 44.53513 N, 94.52300 W
Population (1990): 712 (359 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55335
Gibbon, NE (city, FIPS 18615)
Location: 40.74650 N, 98.84474 W
Population (1990): 1525 (602 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68840
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