lan·gur (läng-g r )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 la  g r, perhaps from Sanskrit l glam, tail.] |
langur [lʌŋˈgʊə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various agile arboreal Old World monkeys of the genus Presbytis and related genera, of S and SE Asia having a slender body, long tail and hands, and long hair surrounding the face
[Hindi, perhaps related to Sanskrit lāngūla tailed]
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| Noun | 1. |  langur - slender long-tailed monkey of Asia catarrhine, Old World monkey - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together entellus, Presbytes entellus, Semnopithecus entellus, hanuman - langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India |
Translations
langur
n (Zool) → Langur m
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