wou-wou

English

Alternative forms

• wow-wow

Etymology

Imitative of its cry.

Noun

wou-wou (plural wou-wous)

1. A gibbon, the agile gibbon, or silvery gibbon.

References

• “wou-wou”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.