guereza

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gue⋅rez⋅a

[guh-rez-uh]

–noun

a colobus monkey, esp. of the species Colobus guereza.

Origin:
< Amharic gureza monkey, or < a related word in a Cushitic language, e.g., Oromo gureezaa

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guereza

any of several species of colobus monkeys distinguished by their black and white pelts, especially Colobus guereza from the East African mountains of Uganda and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa).

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