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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of African monkeys, with long tails, well-developed thumbs, cheek-pouches, and ischial callosities.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun type genus of the
Cercopithecidae , consisting of one genus of guenons.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenons
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