Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several African monkeys of the genus Chlorocebus, having a black face with white cheek tufts, a yellowish-brown or greenish coat, and a long tail.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A South African monkey, Cercopithecus pygerythrus, or C. lalandi.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A South African monkey (
Cercopithecus pygerythrus syn.Cercopithecus Lelandii ). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small African
monkey , Cercopithecus aethiops or Chlorocebus pygerythrus, having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun South African monkey with black face and hands
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now, your first thought is probably, What the hell is 'vervet'?
Archive 2006-07-01 2006
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Now, your first thought is probably, What the hell is 'vervet'?
Open Thread Thursday 2006
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Zinzi December's animal is a sloth, boyfriend Benoît harbours a mongoose; other denizens of Zoo City the run down area of Johannesburg which has become a ghetto for the "animalled" have attracted scorpions, sunbirds, vervet monkeys.
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He would see what happens to vervet monkeys every single month at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland: in a crude simulation of a nerve agent attack, the monkeys are given a massive overdose of a drug called physostigmine.
Kathy Guillermo: How Not to Save Lives Kathy Guillermo 2011
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Or so he thought until he picked up the shaving mirror on the nightstand to inspect his mummified head and noticed the vervet tied behind him to the bedpost, trying to catch a glimpse of its own bemused reflection.
Jay Kirk: Museum Of Natural History And Carl Akeley's Jounrey To Build Its African Wing Jay Kirk 2010
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In the last year alone, I've been knocked to the curb by a cyclist, aggressively attacked by vervet monkeys, and struck in the face with a stick by an emasculated chimpanzee.
Millie Kerr: There's Nothing Like the Minute Aftershocks of a Deathless Earthquake to Bring Clarity to One's Life Millie Kerr 2011
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The vervet monkey demonstrates this kind of behaviour, rearing up to look about it for danger.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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These simulators, unlike vervet monkeys, can be placed in outdoor areas to recreate conditions in which such an attack might actually occur.
Kathy Guillermo: How Not to Save Lives Kathy Guillermo 2011
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This surprise sighting – I learn later the gazelle is a Red Duiker – is followed moments later by a family of vervet monkeys chatting high in the treetops, feasting on fruit and playing monkey games in the branches overhead.
'It is clear these beautiful animals are as curious about us as we are about them' 2011
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In the last year alone, I've been knocked to the curb by a cyclist, aggressively attacked by vervet monkeys, and struck in the face with a stick by an emasculated chimpanzee.
Millie Kerr: There's Nothing Like the Minute Aftershocks of a Deathless Earthquake to Bring Clarity to One's Life Millie Kerr 2011
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