mangabey
any of several slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, inhabiting forests of Africa: some species are endangered.
Origin of mangabey
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How to use mangabey in a sentence
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
/ (ˈmæŋɡəˌbeɪ) /
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
Origin of mangabey
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