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Definition of grivet in English: grivet(also grivet monkey) noun ˈɡrɪvɪtˈɡrivit A common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. 黑长尾猴。比较GREEN MONKEY 和VERVET Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. aethiops of Ethiopia and Sudan, with long white cheek tufts Compare with green monkey and vervet Example sentencesExamples - The riverine forest has many colobus and grivet monkeys.
- Green monkeys are also called vervets, tantalus, sabeus, and grivet monkeys.
- The fresco depicts monkeys that are strikingly similar in form and posture to members of the genus Cercopithecus, including green monkeys, vervets and grivets.
- This small forest is rich in mammal species like the red-tailed and grivet monkeys, the dwarf bush baby, the Potto and the African and palm civets.
- It was caused by infected African monkeys (grivets Cercopithecus aethiops) from Uganda used in developing polio vaccines.
OriginMid 19th century: from French, of unknown origin. Definition of grivet in US English: grivet(also grivet monkey) nounˈɡrivit A common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. 黑长尾猴。比较GREEN MONKEY 和VERVET Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. aethiops of Ethiopia and Sudan, with long white cheek tufts Compare with green monkey and vervet Example sentencesExamples - It was caused by infected African monkeys (grivets Cercopithecus aethiops) from Uganda used in developing polio vaccines.
- This small forest is rich in mammal species like the red-tailed and grivet monkeys, the dwarf bush baby, the Potto and the African and palm civets.
- The fresco depicts monkeys that are strikingly similar in form and posture to members of the genus Cercopithecus, including green monkeys, vervets and grivets.
- Green monkeys are also called vervets, tantalus, sabeus, and grivet monkeys.
- The riverine forest has many colobus and grivet monkeys.
OriginMid 19th century: from French, of unknown origin. |