单词 | siamang |
释义 | siamangn. A species of large ape ( Hylobates syndactylus), with long black hair, found in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Hylobatidae > genus Hylobates hoolockc1809 siamang1822 1822 T. S. Raffles in Trans. Linn. Soc. 13 242 I have recently procured a living Siamang, which is very tame and tractable. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 408/1 The Siamang of the Malays..has a peculiar formation of the hands or feet of the lower extremities. 1880 Cassell'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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822 |
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