Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various leaf-eating Asian monkeys of the genera Presbytis, Semnopithecus, and Trachypithecus, having a slender body and a long tail.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native name for several large Indian monkeys of the genus Presbytis, or Semnopithecus, the two best known being the hanuman or entellus, P. entellus, the sacred monkey of India, and the black Nilgiri langur, P. johnii.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of the
Old World monkeys of the subfamilyColobinae , in the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs ), Presbytis, (surilis ), and Semnopithecus, (gray langurs ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun slender long-tailed monkey of Asia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In an effort to keep monkeys out of the New Delhi subways, authorities have called in one of the few animals known to scare the creatures — a fierce-looking primate called the langur, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported Wednesday.
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The golden headed langur, which is found only on the island of Cat Ba in north-eastern photo: Creative Commons/Tristan Nitot photo: Creative Commons/Nicolás S
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The golden headed langur, which is found only on the island of Cat Ba in northeastern
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The golden headed langur, which is found only on the island of Cat Ba in north-eastern
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The golden headed langur, which is found only on the island of Cat Ba in northeastern
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In a report highlighting the 25 most endangered primate species, conservationists have outlined the desperate plight of primates from Madagascar, Africa, Asia and Central and South America, with some populations down to just a few dozen in number. golden headed langur, which is found only on the island of Cat Ba in north-eastern Vietnam, is down to 60 to 70 individuals.
The Guardian World News Alok Jha 2010
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In an effort to keep monkeys out of New Delhi, and specifically out of the Indian capital’s subways, authorities have called in one of the few animals known to scare the creatures — a fierce-looking primate called the langur, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported.
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Of note is the 'langur' monkey that has white/silver hair all over but with a brilliant black face.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Policemen at a yoga laughter therapy session, sunset in Kashmir, a langur and dogs kept warm by a fire, and more.
India in Pictures 2012
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Diptendu Dutta/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images People, stray dogs and a langur huddled next to a fire in Bihar state's Gaya district, Sunday.
India in Pictures 2012
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