Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- 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.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A native name for several large Indian monkeys of the genus Presbytis, or Semnopithecus, the two best known being the hanuman or entellus, P. entellus, the sacred monkey of India, and the black Nilgiri langur, P. johnii.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of the Old World monkeys of the subfamily Colobinae, in the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis, (surilis), and Semnopithecus, (gray langurs).
WordNet 3.0
- n. slender long-tailed monkey of Asia
Etymologies
- From Hindi and Urdu लंगूर / لنگور (lãṅgūr), from Sanskrit लाङ्गूलिन् (lāṅgūlin). (Wiktionary)
- Hindi laṅgūr, perhaps from Sanskrit lāṅgūlam, tail. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In an effort to keep monkeys out of the New Delhi subways, authorities have called in one of the few animals known to scare the creatures — a fierce-looking primate called the langur, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported Wednesday.”
“The golden headed langur, which is found only on the island of Cat Ba in north-eastern photo: Creative Commons/Tristan Nitot photo: Creative Commons/Nicolás S”
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“In a report highlighting the 25 most endangered primate species, conservationists have outlined the desperate plight of primates from Madagascar, Africa, Asia and Central and South America, with some populations down to just a few dozen in number. golden headed langur, which is found only on the island of Cat Ba in north-eastern Vietnam, is down to 60 to 70 individuals.”
“The golden headed langur, which is found only on the island of Cat Ba in north-eastern”
“The golden headed langur, which is found only on the island of Cat Ba in northeastern”
“In an effort to keep monkeys out of New Delhi, and specifically out of the Indian capital’s subways, authorities have called in one of the few animals known to scare the creatures — a fierce-looking primate called the langur, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported.”
“Of note is the 'langur' monkey that has white/silver hair all over but with a brilliant black face.”
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“Policemen at a yoga laughter therapy session, sunset in Kashmir, a langur and dogs kept warm by a fire, and more.”
“Diptendu Dutta/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images People, stray dogs and a langur huddled next to a fire in Bihar state's Gaya district, Sunday.”
“Saurabh Das/Associated Press Residents of New Delhi walked past a trained langur monkey.”
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