vervet

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  1. noun A small, long-tailed African monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) having a black face with white cheek tufts and a yellowish-brown or greenish coat. Several subspecies of vervets have been recognized within a large range including most of sub-Saharan Africa. Also called green monkey, grivet.

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  • We also saw a vervet monkey in a tree with two teeny tiny babies, almost new born. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • There were zebras arounnd, lots of impala and a big black baboon as well as the smaller vervet monkey. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Mahogany, sausage tree and croton are alive with blue monkeys and vervet monkeys. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • In this study, we found that vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus) show sex differences in toy preferences similar to those documented previously in children. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • I want to see Mike Fisher and sleep in a grass roofed hut in a low dambo surrounded by impala and blue balled vervet monkeys. —  Neanderpundit
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  1. French : vert, green (from Old French verd; see verdant) + (gri)vet, grivet.
 

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