guenon

gue·non  (g-nn)

n.

Any of various chiefly arboreal African monkeys, primarily of the genus Cercopithecus, having long hind legs and a long tail.

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[French.]

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guenon [gəˈnɒn]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any slender agile Old World monkey of the genus Cercopithecus, inhabiting wooded regions of Africa and having long hind limbs and tail and long hair surrounding the face

[from French, of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

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guenon - small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face guenon monkey catarrhine, Old World monkey - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together Cercopithecus, genus Cercopithecus - type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenons Cercopithecus talapoin, talapoin - smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests Cercopithecus aethiops, grivet - white and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, vervet, vervet monkey - South African monkey with black face and hands African green monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus, green monkey - common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail