Definitions for siamangs

siamangs si·a·mang

Spelling: [see-uh-mang]
IPA: /ˈsi əˌmæŋ/

Siamangs is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 230 anagrams from letters in siamangs (aagimnss).

Definitions for siamangs

noun

  1. a large, black gibbon, Hylobates syndactylus, of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, having very long arms and the second and third digits partially united by a web of skin: an endangered species.

Origin of siamangs

Borrowed into English from Malay around 1815-25

Examples for siamangs

It is clear that in the first place we may distinguish the siamang, H. syndactylus, which indeed some regard as a separate genus.

They pulled with all their might; and Lanark, the cockswain, steered her for the siamang.

A siamang, however, was seen by Mr. Bennett to seize and devour greedily a live lizard.

Several different kinds of gibbons are known, the largest of which is the siamang.

The largest is the jet black, Sumatran "siamang," three feet tall.

The siamang differs from the other species of long-armed apes in the formation of its feet and in several other characteristics.

M. Duvaucel, likewise, affirms that the cry of the siamang may be heard for miles—making the woods ring again.

"Ay, it is a siamang ape—next in size to the orang-utan," said Van der Kemp, who stood at his friend's elbow.

Word Value for siamangs
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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