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Definition of Langur
1. Noun. Slender long-tailed monkey of Asia.
Group relationships: Genus Presbytes, Mammal Semnopithecus, Presbytes
Specialized synonyms: Entellus, Hanuman, Presbytes Entellus, Semnopithecus Entellus
Definition of Langur
1. Noun. Any of the Old World monkeys of the subfamily Colobinae, in the genera ''Simias'', ''Trachypithecus'' (lutungs), ''Presbytis'', (surilis), and ''Semnopithecus'', (gray langurs). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Langur
1. an Asian monkey [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Langur
Literary usage of Langur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"The langur was then tried with cyanide of potassium, which he rejected at once,
... In the forest the langur lives on grain, fruit, the pods of leguminous ..."
2. Two Years in the Jungle: The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India by William Temple Hornaday (1885)
"The Black langur.—Monkey Shooting.—A Startling Cry. ... FROM the day we entered
the forest we began to collect specimens of the black langur ..."
3. Junior High School Literature by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1922)
"It was true that langur Dass understood more of the ways of the forest people than
... They called him langur after a graybearded breed of monkeys along the ..."
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