Mangabey Definition

mănggə-bā, -bē
mangabeys
noun
Any of a genus (Cercocebus) of large African monkeys having a silky, gray coat, white eyelids, and a long tail.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mangabey

Noun

Singular:
mangabey
Plural:
mangabeys

Origin of Mangabey

  • After Mangabey , a place in Madagascar from which Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon received specimens of the animals, which he erroneously believed were native to the island

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them to be native.

    From Wiktionary

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