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mangabey
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man·ga·bey  (mngg-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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Noun1.mangabey - large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelidsmangabey - large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids
catarrhine, Old World monkey - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together
Cercocebus, genus Cercocebus - mangabeys
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