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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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 Buffon
Only 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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