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# siamang

noun (a siamang, siamangs)

«siamang» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A large black gibbon (a kind of small ape) that lives in the rainforests of Malaysia, Thailand and Sumatra in Indonesia, famous for its loud calls made with a big throat sac. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siamang/#m1)

### In the lessons

In nature and science lessons, siamangs are apes (not monkeys) — they have no tails. They swing through trees with long arms and sing loud duets with their partners each morning. They are endangered because of forest loss, including for palm oil. Phrases: siamang gibbon, siamang call.

### Examples

- The siamang is the biggest gibbon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siamang/#x1)
- A siamang's throat swells up like a balloon when it calls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siamang/#x2)
- Siamangs swing from branch to branch with their long arms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siamang/#x3)
- Siamang pairs sing together every morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siamang/#x4)
- Siamangs live in the rainforests of Sumatra. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siamang/#x5)
- Siamangs are apes, so they have no tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siamang/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced "SEE-uh-mang" or "SY-uh-mang". Apes (gibbons, orangutans, gorillas, chimps) have no tails; most monkeys do.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «siamang» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siamang/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«siamang» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/siamang.html) on Mova free.