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"alt": "Hylobatis pileatus",
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"word": "crested gibbon"
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"word": "Hainan gibbon"
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{
"word": "hoolock gibbon"
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"word": "hulock gibbon"
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{
"word": "Javan gibbon"
},
{
"word": "Kloss's gibbon"
},
{
"word": "kloss's gibbon"
},
{
"word": "kloss gibbon"
},
{
"word": "lar gibbon"
},
{
"word": "Mentawai gibbon"
},
{
"word": "pileated gibbon"
},
{
"word": "potto gibbon"
},
{
"word": "shitgibbon"
},
{
"word": "silvery gibbon"
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"word": "white-cheeked gibbon"
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"branch",
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"sense": "small ape",
"word": "長臂猿"
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"sense": "small ape",
"word": "长臂猿"
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"sense": "small ape",
"word": "gibboni"
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"word": "लंगूर"
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"word": "gibono"
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"roman": "tenagazaru",
"sense": "small ape",
"word": "手長猿"
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tenagazaru",
"sense": "small ape",
"word": "テナガザル"
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"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ūzyn qol meşın",
"sense": "small ape",
"word": "ұзын қол мешін"
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "gibbon",
"sense": "small ape",
"word": "гиббон"
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "small ape",
"word": "ungka"
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "small ape",
"word": "mágí bigaanézí"
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"sense": "small ape",
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"word": "gibon"
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"word": "gibão"
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"roman": "gibbón",
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"word": "гиббо́н"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chá-nii",
"sense": "small ape",
"word": "ชะนี"
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},
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{
"word": "black-handed gibbon"
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{
"word": "bornean white-bearded gibbon"
},
{
"alt": "Hylobatis pileatus",
"word": "capped gibbon"
},
{
"word": "common gibbon"
},
{
"word": "crested gibbon"
},
{
"word": "Hainan gibbon"
},
{
"word": "hoolock gibbon"
},
{
"word": "hulock gibbon"
},
{
"word": "Javan gibbon"
},
{
"word": "Kloss's gibbon"
},
{
"word": "kloss's gibbon"
},
{
"word": "kloss gibbon"
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{
"word": "lar gibbon"
},
{
"word": "Mentawai gibbon"
},
{
"word": "pileated gibbon"
},
{
"word": "potto gibbon"
},
{
"word": "shitgibbon"
},
{
"word": "silvery gibbon"
},
{
"word": "white-cheeked gibbon"
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{
"word": "white-handed gibbon"
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"word": "yellow-cheeked gibbon"
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"sense": "small ape",
"word": "မျောက်လွှဲကျော်"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "small ape",
"word": "長臂猿"
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"tags": [
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"word": "გიბონი"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "hi",
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"sense": "small ape",
"word": "लंगूर"
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{
"code": "io",
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"word": "gibono"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
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"sense": "small ape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tenagazaru",
"sense": "small ape",
"word": "手長猿"
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"word": "テナガザル"
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"roman": "ūzyn qol meşın",
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"word": "ұзын қол мешін"
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"word": "mágí bigaanézí"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chá-nii",
"sense": "small ape",
"word": "ชะนี"
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"code": "cy",
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