wanderoo

[ won-duh-roo ]

/ ˌwɒn dəˈru /

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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.

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Origin of wanderoo

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

Words nearby wanderoo

Wandering Jew, wandering kidney, wandering pacemaker, Wanderjahr, wanderlust, wanderoo, wander plug, w. & f., wandoo, Wandorobo, wandsman

How to use wanderoo in a sentence

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
I am induced to believe that the Wanderoo must have been one of the monkeys which were brought to Solomon, for two reasons.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood
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 docility of the Wanderoo often vanishes together with its youth.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood

The black wanderoo of Ceylon with white whiskers comes nearest in its resemblance to the human face.
The Pearl of India|Maturin M. Ballou

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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