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wanderoo

/won-duh-roo/US // ˌwɒn dəˈru //UK // (ˌwɒndəˈruː) //

流浪者,游荡者,流浪汉,流浪的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural wan·der·oos.

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

Examples

  • Another reason for conjecturing that the Wanderoo would have been one of the animals sent to grace the palace of Solomon is this.

  • I am induced to believe that the Wanderoo must have been one of the monkeys which were brought to Solomon, for two reasons.

  • The low country Wanderoo is replaced in the hills by the larger species, P. ursinus, which inhabits the mountain zone.

  • The docility of the Wanderoo often vanishes together with its youth.

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