British Dictionary definitions for douc

douc

noun

an Old World monkey, Pygathrix nemaeus, of SE Asia, with a bright yellow face surrounded by tufts of reddish-brown fur, a white tail, and white hindquarters: one of the langurs

Word Origin

C18: from French, from the native name

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Examples from the Web for douc

Historical Examples

To Cochin-China also belongs the Douc, a very large species, remarkable for their coat of many colours.
The Desert World
Arthur Mangin
These large apes are the ouanderou and the douc; to them, therefore, we must refer the production of the bezoar.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)
Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

douc

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for douc

Historical Examples

To Cochin-China also belongs the Douc, a very large species, remarkable for their coat of many colours.

These large apes are the ouanderou and the douc; to them, therefore, we must refer the production of the bezoar.