man·ga·bey (m ng g -b  , -b )n. pl. man·ga·beys Any of various forest-dwelling monkeys of the genus Cercocebus of central Africa, having a long tail and a slender body. [After Mangabey, a region of Madagascar.] |
mangabey [ˈmæŋgəˌbeɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several large agile arboreal Old World monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, of central Africa, having long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids
[after the name of a region in Madagascar]
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| Noun | 1. |  mangabey - large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelidscatarrhine, Old World monkey - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together Cercocebus, genus Cercocebus - mangabeys |
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