'Hylobates lar' definitions:
Definition of 'Hylobates lar'
From: WordNet
noun
Smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies [syn: gibbon, Hylobates lar]
Definition of 'Hylobates lar'
From: GCIDE
- Lar \Lar\ (l[aum]r), n. (Zool.) A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hylobates lar'
From: GCIDE
- Gibbon \Gib"bon\, n. [Cf. F. gibbon.] (Zool.) 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]