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Langur

//lʌŋˈɡʊəɹ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the Old World monkeys of the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis (surilis), and Semnopithecus (gray langurs).
  2. 2
    slender long-tailed monkey of Asia wordnet
  3. 3
    A gibbon of the genus Hoolock.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani لنگور / लंगूर (laṅgūr, “monkey”), from Sanskrit लाङ्गूल (lāṅgūla, “tail”) (compare लाङ्गूलिन् (lāṅgūlin, “tailed; monkey”)).

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