玄げん猿えんMeanings1noungibbonA rare or literary term for gibbon; in everyday Japanese, テナガザル is the standard word.See also: テナガザル動どう物ぶつ園えんでテナガザルを見みたが、案あん内ない板ばんには「玄げん猿えん」とも書かかれていた。I saw a gibbon at the zoo, and the information board also had '玄猿' written on it.