[won-duh-roo] 
| 1. | any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka. |
| 2. | a macaque, Macacus silenus, of southern India, having its face surrounded by long hair. |
| wan·der·oo (wŏn'də-rōō') n. pl. wanderoo or wan·der·oos A monkey (Macaca silenus) of south-central Asia, having a glossy black coat and a ruff of gray hair about the face. [From Sinhalese vandaru, pl. of vandurā, monkey, from Sanskrit vānaraḥ, forest dweller, monkey, probably from vanar- (as in vanarṣad-, sitting in the forest), archaic locative of vanam, forest; see wen-1 in Indo-European roots.] |