wanderoo

[ won-duh-roo ]

noun

, plural wan·der·oos.

1. any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.
2. a macaque, Macacus silenus, of southern India, having its face surrounded by long hair.

wanderoo

/ ˌwɒndəˈruː /

noun

1. 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 History and Origins

Origin of wanderoo¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wanderoo¹

C17: from Sinhalese vanduru monkeys, literally: forest-dwellers, from Sanskrit vānara monkey, from vana forest

Example Sentences

Wanderoo, won-de-rōō′, n. a catarrhine monkey, a native of the Malabar coast of India.

From Project Gutenberg

Other species of the genus macacus are the Rhesus monkey, the Wanderoo, the Barbary Ape or Magot, and the Macaque.

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It was, he said, “just like the Wanderoo monkeys.”

From Project Gutenberg

Just as one would expect of a wanderoo.

From Time Magazine Archive

The black wanderoo of Ceylon with white whiskers comes nearest in its resemblance to the human face.

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