guenon

gue·non

G0300400 (gə-nōn′)n. Any of various small- to medium-sized African monkeys primarily of the tribe Cercopithecini, being chiefly arboreal and having long hind legs, a long tail, and often a brightly colored face.

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[French : from guen-, as in guenilles, filthy clothing, and earlier guenipe, dirty scrap of cloth (in reference to the guenon's tail, which trails like the train of a gown ), ultimately from French dialectal guener, to dirty, moisten; akin to French dialectal gasne, stagnant pool, slough, perhaps of Gaulish origin.]

guenon

(ɡəˈnɒn) n (Animals) any slender agile Old World monkey of the genus Cercopithecus, inhabiting wooded regions of Africa and having long hind limbs and tail and long hair surrounding the face[C19: from French, of unknown origin]

gue•non

(gəˈnɔ̃, -ˈnɒn)

n. any long-tailed African monkey of the genus Cercopithecus, as the vervet. [1830–40; < French (of uncertain orig.)]

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guenon - small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the faceguenon monkeycatarrhine, Old World monkey - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close togetherCercopithecus, genus Cercopithecus - type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenonsCercopithecus talapoin, talapoin - smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forestsCercopithecus aethiops, grivet - white and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the faceCercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, vervet, vervet monkey - South African monkey with black face and handsAfrican green monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus, green monkey - common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail