Hylobate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hylobate \Hy"lo*bate\, n. [Gr. ? one that walks or inhabits the
     woods: ? a wood + ? to go.] (Zool.)
     Any species of the genus {Hylobates}; a gibbon, or long-armed
     ape. See {Gibbon}.
     [1913 Webster]