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grivet

American  
[griv-it] / ˈgrɪv ɪt /

noun

  1. a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.

grivet British  
/ ˈɡrɪvɪt /

noun

  1. an E African variety of a common guenon monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, having long white tufts of hair on either side of the face Compare green monkey vervet

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Etymology

Origin of grivet

First recorded in 1855–60; origin uncertain

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