Mangabey Definition
mănggə-bā, -bē
mangabeys
noun
Any of a genus (Cercocebus) of large African monkeys having a silky, gray coat, white eyelids, and a long tail.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Mangabey
Noun
Singular:
mangabey
Plural:
mangabeysOrigin of Mangabey
After Mangabey , a place in Madagascar from which Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon received specimens of the animals, which he erroneously believed were native to the island
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them to be native.
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