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Word: langur (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...London's Natural History Museum, scientists read Sen's description and decided it sounded familiar. Rummaging around in the museum basement, they found the dusty carcass of a Langur monkey, a four-toed beast that lives on the snowy Himalayan slopes near Katmandu, capital of Nepal. To a frightened Tibetan, announced the scientists, the Langur might well look half-human and thoroughly abominable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Legend of the Himalayas | 12/17/1951 | See Source »

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