† simpain.
Obsolete.
The mitred langur, Presbytis melalophos, a black-crested monkey found only on Sumatra.
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Negro monkey1771
douc1774
simpai1820
lotong1824
entellus1843
Hanuman1843
Sumatran monkey1849
Sumatra monkey1877
tchincou1891
1820 Philos. Mag. 56 453 Other species are named Chingkau, Simpai, Kra, and Lotong.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 58 The Simpai..is of a very lively red; beneath white: its face is blue; and a crest of black hairs reaches from one ear to the other.
1907 Country-side 28 Sept. 301/3 The Simpai is one of the group of langurs or leaf-eating monkeys.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019).
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