langur
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- noun
- /ˈlæŋɡər/
- Indian
- The newborns of sambar, pig, chevrotain, giant squirrel, and langur are eaten for medicinal as well as subsistence purposes.
- langur monkey
- hanuman langur
- gray langur
Examples
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Finally, the half-digested food in the langur intestine is mixed with water, filtered, and then drunk.
Academic text (1993) -
At least five genera are accounted for: two types of macaque monkey, orangutan, langur monkey, gibbon, and Homo.
Academic text (1991) -
She is romanticizing the whole situation between the langur and herself.
Fiction book (1993) -
That one there is a macaque, those two are rhesus, and the bunch up there are langurs.
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What to make of langurs that kill their young, of the cute little squirrel that is transformed into hawk flesh?
Academic text (2002) -
You can spot a langur swinging from branch to branch in the dense forest.
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The langur is known for its agility and long tail, which helps it navigate the treetops.
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A family of langurs rested in the trees, grooming each other's fur.
Synonyms
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A monkey with a long tail that lives in Southeast Asian forests
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An Asian monkey like a gray langur with a long tail and thin body
A group of Asian leaf-eating monkeys with long tails
Surface Forms
Etymology
Langur comes from the Hindi/Urdu word lāngūr, used for monkeys with a 'long tail' in South Asia. So, a langur today is remembered as a slim, long-tailed monkey that often lives in forests.