Kukang
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kukang is a noun meaning (archaic) Nycticebus coucang, the Sunda slow loris.
Meaning
(archaic) Nycticebus coucang, the Sunda slow loris.
Example Sentences
Of the genus Loris are two species, the Kukang or Lemur tardigradus, and the Nycticebus Javanicus, the latter of which however I have not seen.
[…] leaving the poor fellow to make his way unarmed down to the sea, where he ran upon a pair of half-starved kukangs, a vicious species of Malay chimpanzee, in fleeing from which he fell over the cliff and was dashed to pieces.
Word Forms
- kukangs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kaguan, cuscus, colugo, kuda, langur, lotong.
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