| 释义 |
siamang|ˈsaɪəmæŋ|
[Malay si(y)āmang, f. āmang black.]
A species of large ape (Hylobates syndactylus), with long black hair, found in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula.
1822Sir Stamford Raffles in Trans. Linnæan Soc. XIII. 242, I have recently procured a living Siamang, which is very tame and tractable. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 408/1 The Siamang of the Malays..has a peculiar formation of the hands or feet of the lower extremities. 1880Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 75 The ability to walk well was proved when a tame Siamang used to walk along a cabin table at sea, without disturbing the crockery. |