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hoolock

Pronunciation: /ˈhuːlək/
(also hoolock gibbon)
Definition of hoolock

noun

  • a gibbon with white eyebrows, the male of which has black fur and the female golden, found from NE India to Burma.
    • Hylobates hoolock, family Hylobatidae

Origin:

early 19th century: perhaps from Bengali and imitative of its cry

hoolock in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of hoolock in the US English dictionary