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langur

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lan·gur  (läng-gr)
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 lagr, perhaps from Sanskrit lglam, tail.]
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Noun1.langurlangur - slender long-tailed monkey of Asia
catarrhine, Old World monkey - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together
genus Presbytes, mammal Semnopithecus, Presbytes - langurs
entellus, Presbytes entellus, Semnopithecus entellus, hanuman - langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India
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As he kneeled to throw fuel on the fire the langur ran to the door of the shrine, crooned and ran back again, plucking at the man's knee.
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