vervet
/ˈvɜːvɪt/(亦作vervet monkey)
noun
1- a common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face黑长尾猴。比较 GREEN MONKEY, GRIVET.
1.1
- Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. pygerythrus of southern and eastern Africa.拉丁名Cercopithecus aethiops,猴科, 尤指非洲南部和东部的黑长尾猴。
词源
late 19th cent.: from French, of unknown origin.