mangabey
[ mang-guh-bey ]
/ ˈmæŋ gəˌbeɪ /
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noun, plural man·ga·beys.
any of several slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, inhabiting forests of Africa: some species are endangered.
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Origin of mangabey
First recorded in 1765–75; after Mangabey, a region in Madagascar
Words nearby mangabey
man flu, Manfredini, man Friday, manful, manga, mangabey, Mangalore, Mangaluru, mangan-, manganate, manganese
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Example sentences from the Web for mangabey
The mangabey has pouches on each side of his cheeks, and callosities on his posteriors.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonOnly four kinds of mangabey are known, and they are all found in Western Africa.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood
British Dictionary definitions for mangabey
mangabey
/ (ˈmæŋɡəˌbeɪ) /
noun
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
Word Origin for mangabey
C18: after the name of a region in Madagascar
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