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Simpai

Simpai noun: the black-crested monkey of Sumatra.

Noun

Simpai

  1. (archaic) The black-crested monkey of Sumatra.
    • In both, the frontal crest is vertical, and streaked with black. Sir T. S. Raffles states that the Simpai is frequent in the neighbourhood of Bencoolen, on the west coast of Sumatra, while the Dutch naturalists found the same species exclusively at Indrapura, a few hundred miles further north on...1851, Thomas Horsfield, A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company

Questions about Simpai

What does Simpai mean?
Simpai means the black-crested monkey of Sumatra.
What part of speech is Simpai?
Simpai is a noun.

Words near Simpai in the dictionary

  1. simorgs
  2. simosity
  3. simous
  4. simp
  5. simpable
  6. Simpai
  7. Simpang Ampat
  8. simpatico
  9. simped
  10. Simpelveld
  11. simper

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