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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several African monkeys of the genus Chlorocebus, having a black face with white cheek tufts, a yellowish-brown or greenish coat, and a long tail.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A South African monkey, Cercopithecus pygerythrus, or C. lalandi.

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

  • noun (Zoöl.) A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus syn. Cercopithecus Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A small African monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops or Chlorocebus pygerythrus, having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat

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

  • noun South African monkey with black face and hands

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French : vert, green (from Old French verd; see verdant) + (gri)vet, grivet (of unknown origin).]

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