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Look up: Gibbon

  1. Gibbon
    A gibbon is a type of small ape of the genus Hylobates, particularly the species Hylobates lar which inhabits the islands of the Indian Archipelago. It is noticeable by the extraordinary length of its arms and its slender form.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Gibbon
    Gibbon is a city in Sibley County Minnesota, USA Gibbon is a township in Buffalo County Nebraska, USA Gibbon is a city in Buffalo County Nebraska, USA
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  3. gibbon
    [n] - English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794) 2. [n] - smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Gibbon
    Gibbon: See: Gibbon, John H., Jr.
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  5. gibbon
    family of anthropoid apes Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Gibbon
    Gib'bon noun [ Confer French gibbon .] (Zoology) 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. » The white-handed gibbon ( Hylobates lar ), the crowned ( H. pilatus ), the wou-wou or singing gibbo ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/25

  7. gibbon
    <zoology> 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. ... The white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar), the crowned (H. Pilatus), the wou-wou or singing gibbon (H. Agilis), the siama ...
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  8. gibbon
    Hylobates lar noun smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
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  9. Gibbon
    `Gibbons` are the small apes in the family `Hylobatidae`. The family is divided into four genera based on their diploid chromosome number: `Hylobates` (44), `Hoolock` (38), `Nomascus` (52), and `Symphalangus` (50). The extinct `Bunopithecus sericus` is a gibbon or gibbon-like ape which, until recently, was thought to be closely related to the Hoolock gibbons. Gibbons occur in tropical and subtropical rainforests from northeast India to Indonesia ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbon

  10. Gibbon
    • (n.) 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. gibbon
    any of a dozen or so species of small apes found in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Gibbons, like the great apes (gorillas, orangutans, ... [8 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/30

  12. gibbon
    gibbon, small ape, genus Hyloblates, found in the forests of SE Asia. The gibbons, including the siamang, are known as the small, or lesser, apes; they are the most highly adapted of the apes to arboreal life. Gibbons are about 3 ft (90 cm) tall and weigh about 15 lb (6.4 kg). Their arms are extreme...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08207


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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