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lan⋅gur

  [luhng-goor]
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–noun
any of various slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Presbytis, of Asia, feeding on leaves, fruits, and seeds: several species are threatened or endangered.
Origin:
1820–30; < Hindi laṅgūr; akin to Skt lāṅgūlin having a tail
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lan·gur   (läng-gŏŏr')   
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 laṅgūr, perhaps from Sanskrit lāṅgūlam, tail.]
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langur

general name given to numerous species of Asian monkeys belonging to the subfamily Colobinae. The term is often restricted to nearly two dozen species of leaf monkeys but is also applied to various other members of the subfamily.

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