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单词 vervet
释义

vervet

/ˈvəːvɪt /
(also vervet monkey)
noun
A common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. Compare with green monkey, grivet.
  • Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. pygerythrus of southern and eastern Africa.
Among the monkeys species found in East Africa are the blue or syke monkey, the vervet monkey and the colobus monkey....
  • A free-ranging vervet monkey, baboon, or macaque recognizes other members of his group as individuals.
  • Humans, apparently just like vervets, can't resist observing, memorizing, and uttering distinctions.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French, of unknown origin.

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