Definitions for wanderoo

wanderoo wan·der·oo

Spelling: [won-duh-roo]
IPA: /ˌwɒn dəˈru/

Wanderoo is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 266 anagrams from letters in wanderoo (adenoorw).

Definitions for wanderoo

noun

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

Origin of wanderoo

1675-85; Sinhalese wanduru (plural) Sanskrit vānara monkey

Examples for wanderoo

The docility of the wanderoo often vanishes together with its youth.

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

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

The wanderoo is too grave and melancholy to be trained to these drolleries.

And, in point of fact, in the island there are no less than four animals, each of which is entitled to the name of "wanderoo."

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

Word Value for wanderoo
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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