hanuman

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H0052900 (hŭn′o͝o-män′)n. pl. han·u·mans Any of various terrestrial monkeys of the genus Semnopithecus of southern Asia, having a gray body and a black face. Also called gray langur.

[Hindi hanumān, from Sanskrit Hanumān, a monkey-god in Hindu mythology, from hanumān, having a large jaw, from hanu, jaw; see genu- in Indo-European roots.]

Hanuman

(ˌhʌnʊˈmɑːn) n1. (Animals) (sometimes not capital) another word for entellus2. (Hinduism) the monkey chief of Hindu mythology and devoted helper of Rama[from Hindi Hanumān, from Sanskrit hanumant having (conspicuous) jaws, from hanu jaw]

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Noun	1.	Hanuman - in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage
	2.	hanuman - langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in Indiaentellus, Presbytes entellus, Semnopithecus entelluslangur - slender long-tailed monkey of Asia

Hanuman

(Presbytis entellus), a thin-bodied monkey of the Cercopithecidae family, order Primates. The body of the males is 60–70 cm long, with a 90–100 cm tail; the weight averages 9–11 kg. The fur is gray-brown or yellow-brown, with lighter hair around the face. The face, hands, and feet are black. The hanuman is founü in Hindustan, Kashmir, Nepal, southern Tibet, Sikkim, Assam, and Ceylon. During the day it spends much of its time on the ground, although it moves about very adroitly through the crowns of trees and can jump as far as 4–12 m. Its food is made up chiefly of leaves and fruits. Sometimes the animal damages crop plantations. In India the hanuman is considered a sacred animal.

M. F. NESTURKH

Hanuman

monkey deity, conqueror of demons, builder of a stone bridge from India to Ceylon. [Hindu Myth.: Collier’s, IX, 214]See: Heroism

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noun langur of southern Asia

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