vượn cáo

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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vượn (ape) +‎ cáo (fox). Compare Chinese 狐猴 (húhóu, literally fox monkey), Japanese 狐猿 (kitsunezaru, literally fox monkey), Korean 여우원숭이 (yeouwonsung'i, literally fox monkey).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier con) vượn cáo

  1. a lemur (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)