A common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face.
黑长尾猴。比较GRIVET 和VERVET
Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. sabaeus of West Africa, which is often tamed
Compare with grivet and vervet
Example sentencesExamples
Genetic tests indicate that the viruses came from chimpanzees, baboons, and an African green monkey.
Researchers tested their SARS vaccine on four African green monkeys, with another four in the control group.
Savanna monkeys, or African green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops or Chlorocebus aethiops), are the most widely distributed nonhuman primates in Africa.
This remnant of the island's original canopy of rainforest is home to a large population of green monkeys which come and go as they please.
The virus appeared to have come from a set of green monkeys that had been captured in Uganda and sent to Europe for laboratory use.
Definition of green monkey in US English:
green monkey
noun
A common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face.
黑长尾猴。比较GRIVET 和VERVET
Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. sabaeus of West Africa, which is often tamed
Compare with grivet and vervet
Example sentencesExamples
The virus appeared to have come from a set of green monkeys that had been captured in Uganda and sent to Europe for laboratory use.
Researchers tested their SARS vaccine on four African green monkeys, with another four in the control group.
Savanna monkeys, or African green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops or Chlorocebus aethiops), are the most widely distributed nonhuman primates in Africa.
This remnant of the island's original canopy of rainforest is home to a large population of green monkeys which come and go as they please.
Genetic tests indicate that the viruses came from chimpanzees, baboons, and an African green monkey.