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Definition of grivet in English: grivet(also grivet monkey) noun ˈɡrɪvɪtˈɡrivit A common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. aethiops of Ethiopia and Sudan, with long white cheek tufts Compare with green monkey and vervet Example sentencesExamples - The riverine forest has many colobus and grivet monkeys.
- Green monkeys are also called vervets, tantalus, sabeus, and grivet monkeys.
- The fresco depicts monkeys that are strikingly similar in form and posture to members of the genus Cercopithecus, including green monkeys, vervets and grivets.
- This small forest is rich in mammal species like the red-tailed and grivet monkeys, the dwarf bush baby, the Potto and the African and palm civets.
- It was caused by infected African monkeys (grivets Cercopithecus aethiops) from Uganda used in developing polio vaccines.
Origin Mid 19th century: from French, of unknown origin. Definition of grivet in US English: grivet(also grivet monkey) nounˈɡrivit A common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. aethiops of Ethiopia and Sudan, with long white cheek tufts Compare with green monkey and vervet Example sentencesExamples - It was caused by infected African monkeys (grivets Cercopithecus aethiops) from Uganda used in developing polio vaccines.
- This small forest is rich in mammal species like the red-tailed and grivet monkeys, the dwarf bush baby, the Potto and the African and palm civets.
- The fresco depicts monkeys that are strikingly similar in form and posture to members of the genus Cercopithecus, including green monkeys, vervets and grivets.
- Green monkeys are also called vervets, tantalus, sabeus, and grivet monkeys.
- The riverine forest has many colobus and grivet monkeys.
Origin Mid 19th century: from French, of unknown origin. |