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
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.
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