Meanings
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a slender, long-tailed African monkey of the genus Cercopithecus, often with distinctive facial coloring
The guenon searched the forest canopy for fruit and insects.
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noun
· a slender, long-tailed...
guenon monkey
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Etymology
Borrowed from French guenon, originally 'female monkey or ape.' Zoological English narrowed the word to African monkeys of the genus Cercopithecus.