Semnopithecusn.
/ˌsɛmnə(ʊ)pᵻˈθiːkəs/ A genus of long-tailed, long-limbed Asiatic monkeys. Also, a monkey of this genus: often in anglicized form ˌSemnopiˈthec /ˌsɛmnə(ʊ)pᵻˈθɛk/ or Semnopi-thece /ˌsɛmnə(ʊ)pᵻˈθiːs/.
/ˌsɛmnə(ʊ)pᵻˈθɛk/ or Semnopi-thece /ˌsɛmnə(ʊ)pᵻˈθiːs/.ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > subfamily Colobinae > genus Presbytis (langur)
wanderoo1681
Semnopithecus1824
langur1825
leaf monkey1888
Semnopithecine1891
Semnopithecoid1891
1824 T. Horsfield Zool. Res. Java 9 The comparisons which I have been enabled to make of the skulls of various Semnopitheci and of Gibbons.
1838 ? Rennie Nat. Hist. Monkeys, etc. (Libr. Entert. Knowl.) 216 The tails, likewise, are much longer in the semnopithecs than in any of the ordinary monkeys.
Derivatives
Semnopiˈthecine adj. and n. (a) adj. pertaining to the subfamily Semnopithecinæ, or to the genus Semnopithecus; (b) n. a semnopithecine monkey.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > Old World > of family Cercopithecidae > of subfamily Colobinae
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Semnopithecine1891
Semnopithecoid1891
colobine1958
the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > subfamily Colobinae > genus Presbytis (langur)
wanderoo1681
Semnopithecus1824
langur1825
leaf monkey1888
Semnopithecine1891
Semnopithecoid1891
1891 Cent. Dict. Semnopithece... Semnopithecine [a. and n.]... Semnopithecoid [a. and sb.].
ˌSemnopiˈthecoid adj. and n. = Semnopithecine adj. and n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > Old World > of family Cercopithecidae > of subfamily Colobinae
thumbless1720
Semnopithecine1891
Semnopithecoid1891
colobine1958
the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > subfamily Colobinae > genus Presbytis (langur)
wanderoo1681
Semnopithecus1824
langur1825
leaf monkey1888
Semnopithecine1891
Semnopithecoid1891
1891 [see Semnopithecine adj. and n.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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