Mangabey
- Mangabey
- Mangabey Man"ga*bey, n. [So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them be native.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several African monkeys of the genus {Cercocebus}, as the sooty mangabey ({Cercocebus fuliginosus}), which is sooty black. [Also written {mangaby}.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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