MANGABEYS

Noun

mangabeys

plural of mangabey

Source: Wiktionary


MANGABEY

Man"ga*bey, n. Etym: [So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them be native.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (C. fuliginosus), which is sooty black. [Also written mangaby.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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