noun
- a small, long-armed ape found in Southeast Asian forests, known for swinging through trees
Examples
- The gibbon swung gracefully from branch to branch high in the canopy.
- Gibbons are known for their loud, musical calls that can be heard for miles.
- Unlike great apes, gibbons are much smaller and have extremely long arms.
- The white-handed gibbon is native to Thailand and Malaysia.
- We watched the gibbon family playing together in the zoo’s primate exhibit.
- Gibbons spend most of their lives in trees and rarely come down to the ground.