gibbon

gibbon is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
3. noun. English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)

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