wanderoo

American  

[won-duh-roo] / ˌwɒn dəˈru /

noun

• wanderoos
  plural

1. any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.

2. a macaque, Macacus silenus, of southern India, having its face surrounded by long hair.

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wanderoo British  

/ ˌwɒndəˈruː /

noun

1. a macaque monkey, Macaca silenus, of India and Sri Lanka, having black fur with a ruff of long greyish fur on each side of the face

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• wanderoos
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of wanderoo

1675–85; < Sinhalese wanduru (plural) < Sanskrit vānara monkey

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wanderoo wanderoos

Just as one would expect of a wanderoo.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are several varieties in Ceylon, among which the great black wanderoo, with white whiskers, is the nearest in appearance to the human race.

From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker

In appearance it differs both in size and in colour from the common wanderoo, being larger and more inclined to grey; and in habits it is much less reserved.

From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Sir James Emerson Tennent

In appearance it differs both in size and in colour from the common wanderoo, being larger and more inclining to grey; and in habits it is much less reserved.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Sir James Emerson Tennent

And, in point of fact, in the island there are no less than four animals, each of which is entitled to the name of "wanderoo."

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Sir James Emerson Tennent

Perry confessed that he had to go to the dictionary to find out what wanderoos and quaggas are.

From Time Magazine Archive

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