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HYLOBATES LAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hylobates lar mean?
• HYLOBATES LAR (noun)
The noun HYLOBATES LAR has 1 sense:
1. smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
Familiarity information: HYLOBATES LAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
gibbon; Hylobates lar
Hypernyms ("Hylobates lar" is a kind of...):
lesser ape (gibbons and siamangs)
Holonyms ("Hylobates lar" is a member of...):
genus Hylobates; Hylobates (gibbons)
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