Grivet

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
An Old World monkey, Chlorocebus aethiops, with long white tufts of hair along the sides of the face.
2
white and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face wordnet

Synonyms

cercopithecus aethiops vervet vervet waag waag

Etymology

From French grivet.

Related phrases

old world monkey

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