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Definition of green monkey in English: green monkeynoun A common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. sabaeus of West Africa, which is often tamed Compare with grivet and vervet Example sentencesExamples - Genetic tests indicate that the viruses came from chimpanzees, baboons, and an African green monkey.
- Researchers tested their SARS vaccine on four African green monkeys, with another four in the control group.
- Savanna monkeys, or African green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops or Chlorocebus aethiops), are the most widely distributed nonhuman primates in Africa.
- This remnant of the island's original canopy of rainforest is home to a large population of green monkeys which come and go as they please.
- The virus appeared to have come from a set of green monkeys that had been captured in Uganda and sent to Europe for laboratory use.
Definition of green monkey in US English: green monkeynoun A common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. sabaeus of West Africa, which is often tamed Compare with grivet and vervet Example sentencesExamples - The virus appeared to have come from a set of green monkeys that had been captured in Uganda and sent to Europe for laboratory use.
- Researchers tested their SARS vaccine on four African green monkeys, with another four in the control group.
- Savanna monkeys, or African green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops or Chlorocebus aethiops), are the most widely distributed nonhuman primates in Africa.
- This remnant of the island's original canopy of rainforest is home to a large population of green monkeys which come and go as they please.
- Genetic tests indicate that the viruses came from chimpanzees, baboons, and an African green monkey.
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