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hanu·man (hun′o̵̅o̅ män′, hän′-; hun′o̵̅o̅ män′, hän′-)

noun

  1. Hindu Myth. a demigod in the form of a monkey
  2. a small, slender-bodied, leaf-eating monkey (Presbytis entellus) with a long tail, found in SE Asia

Etymology: Hindi Hanumān < Sans hanumant, having (big) jaws < hnu-, jaw < IE base *enu- > chin

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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