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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of African monkeys, with long tails, well-developed thumbs, cheek-pouches, and ischial callosities.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun type genus of the Cercopithecidae, consisting of one genus of guenons.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenons

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