guenon

[ guh-nawn, -non ]

noun
  1. any of several long-tailed African monkeys, especially of the genus Cercopithecus, having a grizzled coat.

Origin of guenon

1
1830–40; <French < ?

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How to use guenon in a sentence

  • The appearance of the hind-part of the cow, from a point near the gambrel-joint up to the tail, guenon calls the escutcheon.

    Soil Culture | J. H. Walden
  • The following cuts show the marks of all of guenon's eight classes, the first and the last in each class.

    Soil Culture | J. H. Walden
  • M. guenon adopted them on account of the shape of the escutcheon, or from the name of the place from which the cows came.

    Soil Culture | J. H. Walden
  • This is as fully as we have room to go into M. guenon's details.

    Soil Culture | J. H. Walden
  • Nous autres nous en rions, & disons, que c'est s'asseoir en guenon, eux prisent ceste faon & la trouuent commode.

British Dictionary definitions for guenon

guenon

/ (ɡəˈnɒn) /


noun
  1. 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

Origin of guenon

1
C19: from French, of unknown origin

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