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guereza

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ɡəˈrɛz.ə/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A reddish-brown colobus monkey from Abyssinia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Colobus guereza

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: colobus, colobus monkey

History

Etymology

From the native name in Ethiopia. Compare Sebat Bet Gurage gureza, Amharic ጉሬዛ (gureza), Oromo gureezaa.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ጉሬዛ (gureza) — reddish-brown colobus monkey
  • Finnish: gueretsa — reddish-brown colobus monkey
  • Polish: gereza — reddish-brown colobus monkey
  • Russian: гвере́ца (gveréca) — reddish-brown colobus monkey
  • Russian: толстоте́л (tolstotél) — reddish-brown colobus monkey
  • Russian: коло́бус (kolóbus) — reddish-brown colobus monkey