VERVET MONKEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vervet monkey mean? 

• VERVET MONKEY (noun)
  The noun VERVET MONKEY has 1 sense:

1. South African monkey with black face and hands

  Familiarity information: VERVET MONKEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERVET MONKEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

South African monkey with black face and hands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus; vervet; vervet monkey

Hypernyms ("vervet monkey" is a kind of...):

guenon; guenon monkey (small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face)