wanderoo

[won-duh-roo]

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noun

wanderoos

any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.
a macaque, Macacus silenus, of southern India, having its face surrounded by long hair.

wanderoo

/ ˌ��ɒ�Ի�əˈ��ː /

a macaque monkey, Macaca silenus, of India and Sri Lanka, having black fur with a ruff of long greyish fur on each side of the face

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1675–85; < Sinhalese wanduru (plural) < Sanskrit ��Բ�� monkey

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C17: from Sinhalese vanduru monkeys, literally: forest-dwellers, from Sanskrit ��Բ�� monkey, from vana forest

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Wanderoo, won-de-rōō′, n. a catarrhine monkey, a native of the Malabar coast of India.

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Other species of the genus macacus are the Rhesus monkey, the Wanderoo, the Barbary Ape or Magot, and the Macaque.

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It was, he said, “just like the Wanderoo monkeys.”

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Just as one would expect of a wanderoo.

The black wanderoo of Ceylon with white whiskers comes nearest in its resemblance to the human face.

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