- vervet
- noun Etymology: French vervet Date: 1893 green monkey
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
vervet
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Vervet — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Callitriche (homonymie) … Wikipédia en Français
vervet — ● vervet nom masculin Synonyme de grivet. ● vervet (synonymes) nom masculin Synonymes : grivet … Encyclopédie Universelle
Vervet — Ver vet, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A South African monkey ({Cercopithecus pygerythrus} syn. {Cercopithecus Lelandii}). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vervet — Vervet, s.u. Meerkatzen C) e) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
vervet — (n.) African monkey, 1884, from French, of unknown origin, perhaps short for vert grivet, lit. a green grivet, indicating it was greener than the kind of monkey known as a grivet (itself a name of unknown origin) … Etymology dictionary
vervet — [vʉr′vit] n. [Fr < ? vert, green + grivet,GRIVET] a small guenon monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus) found in E and S Africa … English World dictionary
Vervet monkey — Vervet monkey[1] Vervet Monkey at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Conservation status … Wikipedia
Vervet Monkey — Taxobox name = Vervet MonkeyMSW3 Groves|pages=159|id=12100508] status = LC status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Primates familia = Cercopithecidae genus = Chlorocebus species = C. pygerythrus… … Wikipedia
vervet monkey — or vervet Any of several African races of slim, arboreal, diurnal Old World monkeys of the guenon species Cercopithecus aethiops and C. pygerythrus (family Cercopithecidae). They have large cheek pouches. The arms and legs are long, and the… … Universalium
vervet monkey — ver·vet monkey .vər vət n green monkey called also vervet … Medical dictionary
