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

  • noun A terrestrial monkey (Erythrocebus patas) of central Africa, having long legs and a long tail.

Etymologies

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

[French, from Wolof pata.]

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