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noun
Any of several large, arboreal Old World monkeys in the genera Cercocebus and Lophocebus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Old World monkey, catarrhine
History
So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them to be native.
Across languages
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