vervet
Meaning
Noun
- A small African monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops (species) or Chlorocebus pygerythrus (species), having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat
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Origin
- From French vervet (1821, F. Cuvier), further origin obscure.
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