wanderoo

[ won-duh-roo ]

/ ˌwɒn dəˈru /

noun, plural wan·der·oos.

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

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

Nearby words

wandering pacemaker, wanderingly, wanderings, wanderjahr, wanderlust, wanderoo, wandoo, wandorobo, wandsman, wandsworth, wane

Origin of wanderoo

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

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Examples from the Web for wanderoo

Another reason for conjecturing that the Wanderoo would have been one of the animals sent to grace the palace of Solomon is this.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood
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."
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)|James Emerson Tennent
The low country Wanderoo is replaced in the hills by the larger species, P. ursinus, which inhabits the mountain zone.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon|J. Emerson Tennent
The Wanderoo is too grave and melancholy to be trained to these drolleries.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon|J. Emerson Tennent

The docility of the Wanderoo often vanishes together with its youth.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood

British Dictionary definitions for wanderoo

wanderoo

/ (ˌwɒndəˈruː) /

noun plural -deroos

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

Word Origin for wanderoo

C17: from Sinhalese vanduru monkeys, literally: forest-dwellers, from Sanskrit vānara monkey, from vana forest

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