Cercocebus

noun

mangabeys

• Syn: ↑genus Cercocebus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cercopithecidae, ↑family Cercopithecidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑mangabey

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\\ˌsərkəˈsēbəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from cerc- + Greek kēbos, a long-tailed monkey — more at cebus

: a genus of long-tailed monkeys of western Africa comprising the mangabeys and having prominent ischial callosities and white upper eyelids