GUEREZA

guereza, Colobus guereza

(noun) a colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the native name in Ethiopia.

Noun

guereza (plural guerezas)

(zoology) A reddish-brown colobus monkey from Abyssinia.

Source: Wiktionary


Gue*re"za, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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