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patas

patas noun: a ground-dwelling long-tailed monkey of species Erythrocebus patas, found in West and East Africa.

Noun

patas (plural patases)

  1. A ground-dwelling long-tailed monkey of species Erythrocebus patas, found in West and East Africa.
    • When a male patas observes a predator approaching its group, he performs a noisy display, shaking the branches and overtly calling attention to himself.1999, Robert W. Sussman, The Biological Basis of Human Behavior, →ISBN, page 173

Forms of patas

pluralpatases

Words formed from patas

Phrases with patas

Questions about patas

What does patas mean?
Patas means a ground-dwelling long-tailed monkey of species Erythrocebus patas, found in West and East Africa.
What part of speech is patas?
Patas is a noun.
What is the plural of patas?
The plural of patas is patases.

Words near patas in the dictionary

  1. Patapoutians
  2. Patapsco
  3. Patar
  4. Pataria
  5. Patarine
  6. patas
  7. patas monkey
  8. patas monkeys
  9. patases
  10. patashte
  11. Pataskala

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