Found 2 items, similar to Hylobates lar.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Hylobates lar
Hylobates lar
n : smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having
long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
[syn:
gibbon]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hylobates lar
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.
Note: The white-handed gibbon (
Hylobates lar), the crowned
(
H. pilatus), the wou-wou or singing gibbon (
H. agilis
), the siamang, and the hoolock. are the most
common species.
[1913 Webster]
Lar
\Lar\ (l[aum]r), n. (Zo["o]l.)
A species of gibbon (
Hylobates lar), found in Burmah.
Called also
white-handed gibbon.
[1913 Webster]