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▪ I. ‖ wow-wow1|ˈwaʊwaʊ|
Also wou-wou, wau-wau, wawou, wa-wa, wawah, wah-wah.
[a. Malay wauwau, Javanese wawa (whence also Du. wouwouw, wawwaw), imitative of the animal's cry.]
The silver gibbon of Java, Hylobates leuciscus. Also applied to H. agilis.
α1827Griffith tr. Cuvier I. 209 The Ash-coloured or Silvery Gibbon, also called the Wou Wou. 1838Libr. Entert. Knowl., Menageries, Monkeys etc. I. 183 The wou-wou (Hylobates Leuciscus) is covered with a very fine long fur of a woolly texture. 1885H. O. Forbes Wand. Eastern Archip. 70 The loud plaintive wailings of a colony of Wau-waus.
attrib.1894H. O. Forbes Handbk. Primates II. 154 The Wau-Wau Gibbon. Hylobates leuciscus.
β1882H. De Windt Equator 102 Monkeys of every description, from the hideous proboscis to the pretty wa-wa. 1883I. L. Bird Golden Chersonese 297 A little wah-wah, the most delightful of apes. 1939A. Keith Land below Wind xvii. 291 Wah wah was the native name for gibbon ape. 1959‘M. Derby’ Tigress iii. 145 The birds and the wah-wahs..woke. 1975Blackw. Mag. June 542/1 The only members of the ape family found in Malaya are the gibbons, the commonest of which is locally known as the wah-wah.
attrib.1891E. Arnold Seas & Lands xl. 520 A ‘wah-wah’ monkey..was a delightful little creature, with very long silky arms. 1964J. Pope-Hennessy Verandah ii. ii. 78 He [sc. Hugh Low] once wrote to his daughter Kitty that he loved only two creatures in the world—his wah-wah monkey, Eblis, and herself.
▪ II. wow-wow2
[Imitative.]
A bird of Guyana.
1855H. G. Dalton Hist. Brit. Guiana II. 413 The ‘boclora’, or wow-wow (Trogon melanopterus), so named from the noise it makes, is about the size of a small pigeon.
▪ III. wow-wow3 ? Obs.
[Of obscure origin.]
Only in wow-wow sauce, a fanciful name for a preparation used with stewed beef.
1822May Cook's Oracle (ed. 4) 325 Wow Wow Sauce for Stewed or Bouilli Beef. 1868Enquire Within (ed. 35) 285. |