lar noun. [lɑ:] In sense 1 also Lar. Pl. lars, lares ['lɑ:ri:z]. L16.
[Latin, pl. lares.]
1. Roman History. A household or ancestral god. Freq. in pl., the protective gods of a house; household gods; also, the home. Cf. PENATES. L16.
lares and penates the home.

2. More fully lar gibbon. The common or white-handed gibbon, Hylobates lar, of Thailand and Malaysia. E19.

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