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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cingalese

wanderu

a monkey.]

(Zool.)

A large monkey (

Macacus silenus

) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also

maha

silenus

neelbhunder

lion-tailed baboon

, and

great wanderoo

[Written also

ouanderoo

☞ The name is sometimes applied also to other allied species.

Noun.

A baboon of Ceylon and Malabar.

wanderoo ‎(plural wanderoos)