hoolock

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English

A female hoolock
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Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese হলৌ (holou) or a kindred Eastern Indo-Aryan language.

Noun

hoolock (plural hoolocks)

  1. A large gibbon, either of three primate species Hoolock hoolock, Hoolock leuconedys, or Hoolock tianxing from the family Hylobatidae.

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  • Translingual: Hoolock