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Meaning of குரங்கு in English

  • A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.
  • One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
  • A dupe.
  • To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.
  • In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.
  • Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.
  • Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons.
  • A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child.
  • The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.
  • A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
  • To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.
  • A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery.

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