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单词 langur
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langurn.

/ˈlʌŋɡʊə/
Forms: Also lungoor, lungar, langour.
Etymology: < Hindi langūr, cognate with Sanskrit lāṅgūlin, having a tail.
The name applied in India to certain species of monkeys of the genus Semnopithecus, esp. S. entellus (see entellus n.) and S. schistaceus.
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1825 R. Heber Jrnl. 9 Mar. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) II. xxiv. 103 Why do you challenge the lungoor? he cannot answer you!
1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 223/2 Lungar.
1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 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 Gaz. 10 Jan. 3/2 Leafy green trees..were continually shaken by the antics of the lungoors.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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