kahau

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kahau - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kahau \Ka*hau"\, n. [Native name, from its cry.] (Zool.)
     A long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus, formerly
     Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color
     of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts,
     shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top
     of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also
     proboscis monkey. It is now an endangered species. [Written
     also kaha.]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]