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vervet /ˈvəːvɪt /(also vervet monkey) nounA common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. Compare with green monkey, grivet.- Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. pygerythrus of southern and eastern Africa.
Among the monkeys species found in East Africa are the blue or syke monkey, the vervet monkey and the colobus monkey....- A free-ranging vervet monkey, baboon, or macaque recognizes other members of his group as individuals.
- Humans, apparently just like vervets, can't resist observing, memorizing, and uttering distinctions.
OriginLate 19th century: from French, of unknown origin. |