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单词 wanderoo
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Definition of wanderoo in English:

wanderoo

noun ˌwɒndəˈruːˌwɑndəˈru
  • (in Sri Lanka) a leaf monkey or langur.

    Genus Presbytis, family Cercopithecidae: the purple-faced leaf monkey (P. vetulus), or the hanuman (P. entellus)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The remaining macaques include Macaca silensus (the wanderoos or lion-tail or lion-maned macaques) seen in a few exhibition and breeding colonies, and M. thibetana (the Tibet monkeys), seen only in a few exhibits outside China.
    • Another type of monkey, the lion-tailed macaque or wanderoo, is found in a small area of southern India.
    • The ancient statue overlooking the granite basin depicts a supine, sneering wanderoo but the Romans, because of its ugliness, compared it to a monkey or, more exactly, a baboon.
    • In reproductive work, I've worked with orang-utans, camels, gorillas, wanderoos [lion-tailed macaques], and Indian lions.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Sinhalese wanderu 'monkey'.

 
 

Definition of wanderoo in US English:

wanderoo

nounˌwɑndəˈruˌwändəˈro͞o
  • (in Sri Lanka) a leaf monkey or langur.

    Genus Presbytis, family Cercopithecidae: the purple-faced leaf monkey (P. vetulus), or the hanuman (P. entellus)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In reproductive work, I've worked with orang-utans, camels, gorillas, wanderoos [lion-tailed macaques], and Indian lions.
    • The remaining macaques include Macaca silensus (the wanderoos or lion-tail or lion-maned macaques) seen in a few exhibition and breeding colonies, and M. thibetana (the Tibet monkeys), seen only in a few exhibits outside China.
    • Another type of monkey, the lion-tailed macaque or wanderoo, is found in a small area of southern India.
    • The ancient statue overlooking the granite basin depicts a supine, sneering wanderoo but the Romans, because of its ugliness, compared it to a monkey or, more exactly, a baboon.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Sinhalese wanderu ‘monkey’.

 
 
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