Guereza

/ɡəˈrɛz.ə/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A reddish-brown colobus monkey from Abyssinia.
  2. 2
    a colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body wordnet

Etymology

From the native name in Ethiopia. Compare Sebat Bet Gurage gureza, Amharic ጉሬዛ (gureza), Oromo gureezaa.

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