green monkey

American  

noun

1. a common savanna monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus, of West Africa, with a greenish-gray back and yellow tail.

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green monkey British  

noun

1. a W African variety of a common guenon monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, having greenish-brown fur and a dark face Compare grivet vervet

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Etymology

Origin of green monkey

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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green monkey

They included Dana the squirrel monkey, Mrs Grivet the African green monkey and an escaped emu that died during an attempt to recapture it.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2018

In 2009, a Liberian woman caught smuggling baboon, green monkey and warthog meat into New York's John F. Kennedy airport was sentenced to three years of probation.

From Reuters ● Mar. 27, 2014

He had a local accent and was wearing a dark V neck t-shirt, black trousers, dark boots, dark gloves, and a khaki green monkey hat pulled down to his eyes.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2011

Baxter International won approval last month to sell an H1N1 vaccine in Europe that uses a decades-old line of African green monkey kidney cells, and it is working on a vaccine for the United States.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2009

Sitting next to the sink was a small green monkey wearing a diaper.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith