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ver·vet (vʉr′vit)

noun

a small guenon monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus) found in E and S Africa

Etymology: Fr < ? vert, green + grivet, grivet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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