English-Thai Dictionary
wanderoo
N ลิง พวก Macacus silenus ใน อินเดีย และ ศรีลังกา
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
WANDEROO
n.A baboon of Ceylon and Malabar.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WANDEROO
Wan `der *oo ", n. Etym: [Cingalese wanderu a monkey. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large monkey (Macacus silenus ) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. [Written also ouanderoo. ]
Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other allied species.
New American Oxford Dictionary
wanderoo
wan der oo |ˌwändəˈro͞o ˌwɑndəˈru | ▶noun (in Sri Lanka ) a leaf monkey or langur. [Genus Presbytis, family Cercopithecidae: the purple-faced leaf monkey (P. vetulus ), or the hanuman (P. entellus ).] ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Sinhalese wanderu ‘monkey. ’
Oxford Dictionary
wanderoo
wanderoo |ˌwɒndəˈruː | ▶noun (in Sri Lanka ) a leaf monkey or langur. ●Genus Presbytis, family Cercopithecidae: the purple-faced leaf monkey (P. vetulus ), or the hanuman (P. entellus ). ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Sinhalese wanderu ‘monkey ’.
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