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mangabey

mangabey noun: any of several large, arboreal Old World monkeys in the genera Cercocebus and Lophocebus.

mangabey: any of several large, arboreal Old World monkeys in the genera Cercocebus and Lophocebus
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Noun

mangabey (plural mangabeys)

  1. Any of several large, arboreal Old World monkeys in the genera Cercocebus and Lophocebus.

Forms of mangabey

pluralmangabeys

Origin of mangabey

So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them to be native.

Words formed from mangabey

Questions about mangabey

What does mangabey mean?
Mangabey means any of several large, arboreal Old World monkeys in the genera Cercocebus and Lophocebus.
What part of speech is mangabey?
Mangabey is a noun.
What is the plural of mangabey?
The plural of mangabey is mangabeys.

Words near mangabey in the dictionary

  1. manga marks
  2. mangaba
  3. mangabas
  4. mangabeira
  5. mangabeiras
  6. mangabey
  7. mangabeys
  8. mangabies
  9. mangaby
  10. mangadom
  11. mangafodipir

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