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noun
- an African monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, allied to the green monkey and the grivet, but distinguished by a rusty patch at the root of the tail.
noun
- a variety of a South African guenon monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, having dark hair on the hands and feet and a reddish patch beneath the tailCompare green monkey, grivet
African monkey, 1884, from French, of unknown origin, perhaps short for vert grivet, literally “a green grivet,” indicating it was greener than the kind of monkey known as a grivet (itself a name of unknown origin).