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hoolock

hoolock noun: any of the large gibbons of genus Hoolock of the family Hylobatidae.

hoolock: any of the large gibbons of genus Hoolock of the family Hylobatidae
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Noun

hoolock (plural hoolocks)

  1. Any of the large gibbons of genus Hoolock of the family Hylobatidae.
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hoolock meaning in Tamil and Assamese

hoolock in Tamil

வெண்புருவ மனிதக்குரங்கு

hoolock in Assamese

hoolock
হলৌ holou

Synonyms of hoolock

Forms of hoolock

pluralhoolocks
alternative formhoolock gibbon

Origin of hoolock

Borrowed from Assamese হলৌ (holou) or a kindred Eastern Indo-Aryan language.

Words formed from hoolock

  • western hoolock
  • eastern hoolock
  • Skywalker hoolock

Phrases with hoolock

Questions about hoolock

What does hoolock mean?
Hoolock means any of the large gibbons of genus Hoolock of the family Hylobatidae.
What is hoolock in Tamil?
Hoolock in Tamil is வெண்புருவ மனிதக்குரங்கு. See Hoolock meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hoolock?
Hoolock is a noun.
What is the plural of hoolock?
The plural of hoolock is hoolocks.

Words near hoolock in the dictionary

  1. hooligans
  2. hoolihan
  3. hoolihans
  4. hoolivan
  5. hoolivans
  6. hoolock
  7. hoolock gibbon
  8. hoolock gibbons
  9. hoolocks
  10. hools
  11. hooluck

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hoolock (page history and authors); hoolock (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); হলৌ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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