green monkey
nounDefinition of green monkey
: a long-tailed monkey of any of several African subspecies of a guenon (Cercopithecus aethiops synonym Chloroebus aethiops) having greenish-appearing hair and often used in medical research
— called also vervet
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green monkey or vervet
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The alarm call vervet monkeys use to warn of martial eagles is nearly identical to the call green monkeys use to warn of drones. — Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine, "Findings," 22 July 2019 At Thebes, in the tomb of the Valley of the Kings, He was depicted in a hieroglyph, his forelegs gently tethered By two slaves with a green monkey clinging to his neck like a child Just along for the ride. — Connie Bruck, The New Yorker, "Giraffe," 14 Mar. 2018 Jakob Segal, an East German biologist who promoted the Soviet campaign, seized on growing doubts from a theory that the virus had jumped from African green monkeys to humans. — Linda Qiu, New York Times, "Fingerprints of Russian Disinformation: From AIDS to Fake News," 12 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'green monkey.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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