douc

/ duːk /

noun

1. 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 History and Origins

Origin of douc¹

C18: from French, from the native name

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg