Definitions for wanderoos

wanderoos wan·der·oo

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

Wanderoos is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 533 anagrams from letters in wanderoos (adenoorsw).

Definitions for wanderoos

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 wanderoos

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

Examples for wanderoos

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

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

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."

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

Word Value for wanderoos
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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