Langur Definition

läng-go͝or
noun
Any of a genus (Presbytis) of lanky, long-tailed monkeys of Southeast Asia, with bushy eyebrows and a chin tuft.
Webster's New World

A gibbon of the genus Hoolock.

Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Langur

Noun

Singular:
langur
Plural:
langurs

Origin of Langur

  • From Hindi and Urdu लंगूर / لنگور (lãṅgūr), from Sanskrit लाङ्गूलिन् (lāṅgūlin).

    From Wiktionary

  • Hindi laṅgūr perhaps from Sanskrit lāṅgūlam tail

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Langur Sentence Examples

  • Only two or three forms of monkey enter the mountains, the langur, a species of Semnopithecus, ranging up to 12,000 ft.

  • You will take a short hike to look for the dusky langur that inhabits the mountains here.

  • A prodigiously long tail, beetling eyebrows with long black hairs, black ears, face, feet and hands, and a general greyish-brown colour of the fur are the distinctive characteristics of the langur.

  • It contains many valued species of animals, including the golden langur, a slender long-tailed monkey that is rare elsewhere in the world.

  • Researching the golden langur Meanwhile, the golden langur project that we funded in summer 2004 is soon to produce its final report.

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Words Starting With

LLALAN

Words Ending With

RURGUR

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Words Starting With L and Ending With R

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With L6 Letter Words Ending With R