| 释义 |
‖ guenon|gənɔ̃|
[Fr., of unknown origin.]
‘The French name for a group of monkeys belonging to the antient continent and its islands, the type of which may be considered to be the Green Monkey, Cercocebus sabæus’ (Penny Cycl.).
1838Penny Cycl. XI. 468/2 The true Guenons comprise the genera Cercopithecus and Cercocebus of Geoffroy. 1871–82Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 103 The..odd gestures of these Monkeys have given to them the name of Guenons.
Comb.1897Q. Rev. Oct. 397 There are in Africa about a dozen species of Guenon-like monkeys. |