hoolock

See also: Hoolock

English

A female hoolock

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• hoolock gibbon

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.

Synonyms

• (large gibbon): langur

Descendants

• → Translingual: Hoolock