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mangabey

American

[mang-guh-bey] / ˈmæŋ gəˌbeɪ /

noun

plural

mangabeys

any of several slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, inhabiting forests of Africa: some species are endangered.

mangabey British

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of mangabey

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

Example Sentences

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So far, however, only six wild animals trapped in Africa have yielded the virus: three rope squirrels, a Gambian rat, a shrew, and a sooty mangabey monkey.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 7, 2022

After a kilometre or so, they passed a group of sooty mangabey monkeys lounging on logs.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 28, 2021

A type of monkey called a sooty mangabey resembles “an elderly chimney sweep of dapper tonsorial habits.”

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2012

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