wanderoo /ˌwändəˈro͞o, ˌwɑndəˈru
/ ▸ noun (in Sri Lanka) a leaf monkey or langur. Genus
Presbytis, family
Cercopithecidae: the purple-faced leaf monkey (
P. vetulus), or the hanuman (
P. entellus)
. – ORIGIN late 17th century : from Sinhalese wanderu ‘monkey’.