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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., the specific name, fr. Gr. [GREEK] to command.]

(Zoöl.)

An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (

Semnopithecus entellus

) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also

hoonoomaun

and

hungoor

entellus

A small Asian monkey (Semnopithecus entellus, syn. Presbytis entellus) having bristly hairs on the crown and the sides of the face