vervet
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vɪt noun
an African monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, allied to the green monkey and the grivet, but distinguished by a rusty patch at the root of the tail.
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| —n | |
| green monkey Compare grivet a variety of a South African guenon monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, having dark hair on the hands and feet and a reddish patch beneath the tail | |
| [C19: from French, from vert green, but influenced by | |
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Vervet
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Word Origin & History
vervet
African monkey, 1884, from Fr., of unknown origin, perhaps short for vert grivet, lit. "a green grivet," indicating it was greener than the kind of monkey known as a grivet (itself a name of unknown origin).
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Example sentences
Among the trees of the cloud forest are a variety of rare birds, as well as green vervet monkeys.
Vervet monkeys respond to the alarm calls of superb starlings, while mongooses are well-versed in hornbill calls.
After a time a troop of vervet monkeys came out of the surrounding rain forest to cavort by the hotel's entrance.
Screeching vervet monkeys often spotted her far from the den.
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