mangabey

[ mang-guh-bey ]

noun,plural man·ga·beys.
  1. any of several slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, inhabiting forests of Africa: some species are endangered.

Origin of mangabey

1
First recorded in 1765–75; after Mangabey, a region in Madagascar

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mangabey

/ (ˈmæŋɡəˌbeɪ) /


noun
  1. 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

1
C18: after the name of a region in Madagascar

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