释义 |
mangabey /ˈmaŋɡəbeɪ /nounA medium-sized long-tailed monkey native to the forests of West and central Africa.- Genus Cercocebus, family Cercopithecidae: several species.
For the first time in 20 years, scientists have identified a new primate species in Africa - the highland mangabey....- The discarded remains included bones and skulls of mangabeys, large, predominantly ground-living monkeys.
- Another virus managed to get transferred from a species of monkey called the sooty mangabey, and this is known as HIV - 2.
OriginLate 18th century: by erroneous association with Mangabey, a region of Madagascar. |