n.
Any of various slender, long-tailed Asian monkeys of the genus Presbytis and related genera that eat leaves, fruits, and seeds and have a chin tuft and bushy eyebrows.
[Hindi langūr, perhaps from Sanskrit lāngūlam, tail.]
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lan·gur (läng-gʊr')
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[Hindi langūr, perhaps from Sanskrit lāngūlam, tail.]
| Veterinary Dictionary: langur |
Large, slim monkey without prehensile tail. Member of the genus Presbytis in the family Circopithecidae, the Old World monkeys.
| WordNet: langur |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
slender long-tailed monkey of Asia
| Metathelazia | |
| Appassionata (1929 Film) | |
| Northern plains gray langur |
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