wanderoo

[ won-duh-roo ]

noun,plural wan·der·oos.
  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.

Origin of wanderoo

1
1675–85; <Sinhalese wanduru (plural) <Sanskrit vānara monkey

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How to use wanderoo in a sentence

  • Another reason for conjecturing that the wanderoo would have been one of the animals sent to grace the palace of Solomon is this.

    Bible Animals; | J. G. Wood
  • I am induced to believe that the wanderoo must have been one of the monkeys which were brought to Solomon, for two reasons.

    Bible Animals; | J. G. Wood
  • The low country wanderoo is replaced in the hills by the larger species, P. ursinus, which inhabits the mountain zone.

  • The docility of the wanderoo often vanishes together with its youth.

    Bible Animals; | J. G. Wood
  • The black wanderoo of Ceylon with white whiskers comes nearest in its resemblance to the human face.

    The Pearl of India | Maturin M. Ballou

British Dictionary definitions for wanderoo

wanderoo

/ (ˌwɒndəˈruː) /


nounplural -deroos
  1. a macaque monkey, Macaca silenus, of India and Sri Lanka, having black fur with a ruff of long greyish fur on each side of the face

Origin of wanderoo

1
C17: from Sinhalese vanduru monkeys, literally: forest-dwellers, from Sanskrit vānara monkey, from vana forest

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