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Meaning of KAHAU

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ka*hau"\, n. [Native name, from its cry.] (Zo["o]l.)
A long-nosed monkey ({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}. [Written also
{kaha}.]
 
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