What does "langur" mean?

Any of the Old World monkeys of the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis (surilis), and Semnopithecus (gray langurs).

What is a synonym for "langur"?

Common synonyms include: ape, gorilla, hoolock, hoolock, man, primate.

Pronounced //lʌŋˈɡʊəɹ//.

//lʌŋˈɡʊəɹ// noun

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Noun

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

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

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