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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various terrestrial monkeys of the genus Semnopithecus of southern Asia, having a gray body and a black face.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Hindu mythology, the name of a fabulous monkey-god, the friend and ally of Rāma in the Rāmāyana, a noted Sanskrit epic poem recounting the adventures of Rāma.
- noun Hence [lowercase] In zoology, same as
entellus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
hoonoomaun .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
entellus (Presbytis entellus)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage
- noun langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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bilby commented on the word hanuman
In Indonesia, also an offensive term for a white person.
May 21, 2009