douc
/ (duːk) /
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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
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Word Origin for douc
C18: from French, from the native name
Words nearby douc
Doubs, doubt, doubtful, doubting Thomas, doubtless, douc, douce, douceperes, douceur, douche, douchebag
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How to use douc in a sentence
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 BuffonTo Cochin-China also belongs the Douc, a very large species, remarkable for their coat of many colours.
The Desert World|Arthur Mangin