‖ langur
(ˈlʌŋgʊə(r))
Also lungoor, lungar, langour.
[Hindi langūr, cogn. w. Skr. lāṅgūlin, having a tail.]
The name applied in India to certain species of monkeys of the genus Semnopithecus, esp. S. entellus (see entellus) and S. schistaceus.
| a 1826 Heber Journ. Upper Prov. Ind. (1844) II. 85 Why do you challenge the lungoor? he cannot answer you! 1842 Penny Cycl. XXI. 223 Lungar. 1860 Russell Diary India I. 249 The trees..affording..cover to innumerable langours. 1880 V. Ball Jungle Life India i. 3 Troops of long-tailed monkeys called Langurs. 1895 Pall Mall G. 10 Jan. 3/2 Leafy green trees..were continually shaken by the antics of the lungoors. |