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langur

Pronunciation: /lʌŋˈɡʊəɹ/

The English word “langur” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any of the Old World monkeys of the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis (surilis), and Semnopithecus (gray langurs).
  2. A gibbon of the genus Hoolock.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani لنگور / लंगूर (laṅgūr, “monkey”), from Sanskrit लाङ्गूल (lāṅgūla, “tail”) (compare लाङ्गूलिन् (lāṅgūlin, “tailed; monkey”)).

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