VERVET

Meaning of VERVET in English

n. a small grey African monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops.

Etymology: F

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

VERVET — noun Etymology: French ~ Date: 1893 green monkey
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VERVET — ˈvərvə̇t noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from vert green + -vet (as in grivet ); from its color — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VERVET — (n.) A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, / Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The …
Английский словарь Webster
VERVET — ( n. ) A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, / Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VERVET — /verr"vit/ , n. an African monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, allied to the green monkey and the grivet, but distinguished by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VERVET — noun Etymology: French vervet Date: 1893 : green monkey
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VERVET — noun a south african monkey (cercopithecus pygerythrus, / lelandii). the upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. the …
Webster English vocab
VERVET — ground-dwelling guenon (q.v.) that is widely distributed in the savannas of Africa.
Britannica English vocabulary
VERVET — vervet BrE AmE ˈvɜːv ɪt § -ət AmE ˈvɝːv ət ▷ vervet|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VERVET — n. a small grey African monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops. [F]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VERVET — n. a small grey African monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops. [ F ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VERVET — мартышка-верветка (Cercopithecus pygerythrus)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
VERVET — мартышка-верветка ( Cercopithecus pygerythrus )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
VERVET — Pronunciation: ' v ə r-v ə t Function: noun Etymology: French vervet Date: 1893 : GREEN MONKEY vervet
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
VERVET MONKEY — or vervet Any of several African races of slim, arboreal, diurnal Old World monkeys of the guenon species Cercopithecus aethiops …
Английский словарь Британика
GRAY VERVET — noun : grivet
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VERVET MONKEY — [ 'və:vɪt ] ■ noun a common African monkey with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. [ Cercopithecus aethiops …
Concise Oxford English vocab
VERVET MONKEY — [ver.vet monkey] n [F vervet] (1893): a monkey of any of several African races of a guenon (Cercopithecus aethiops) having …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VERVET MONKEY — or vervet Any of several African races of slim, arboreal, diurnal Old World monkeys of the guenon species Cercopithecus aethiops …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OLD WORLD MONKEY — Any of certain anthropoid primate s of Africa and Asia (also called catarrhines), as distinguished from the New World monkey …
Английский словарь Британика
MONKEY — I Any member of two tropical anthropoid primate groups: New World monkeys. Almost all species are tropical or subtropical, and …
Английский словарь Британика
SUSPICIOUS — səˈspishəs adjective Etymology: Middle English suspicious, suspecious, from Middle French suspicieus, suspecious, from Latin suspiciosus, from suspicion-, suspicio suspicion + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAMANGO MONKEY — səˈmaŋ(ˌ)gō- noun Etymology: of Bantu origin : a dark-colored forest-dwelling monkey ( Cercopithecus labiatus ) common in parts of southern …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAVANNA MONKEY — any of several common, closely allied long-tailed monkeys of African savannas ranging from Senegal to South Africa, including the green …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREEN MONKEY — Date: 1840 : a long-tailed monkey of any of several African subspecies of a guenon ( Cercopithecus aethiops syn. Chloroebus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GUENON — [ gə'nɒn ] ■ noun a long-tailed African monkey of a group including the vervet and patas monkeys. [Genus Cercopithecus …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GRIVET MONKEY — [ 'grɪvɪt ] ■ noun another term for vervet monkey . Origin C19: from Fr., of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English vocab
MONKEY — in general, any member of the mammalian order Primates, with the exception of the tree shrews, the lemurs and their …
Britannica English vocabulary
GUENON — any of about 20 species of widely distributed African monkeys of the genus Cercopithecus, family Cercopithecidae. Guenons are slim, graceful, …
Britannica English vocabulary
LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK — park, northeastern Zambia, southern Africa. Divided into two separate parks, one north and one south, the Luangwa National Park covers …
Britannica English vocabulary
GUENON — n. any African monkey of the genus Cercopithecus, having a characteristic long tail, e.g. the vervet. [F: orig. unkn.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GUENON — n. any African monkey of the genus Cercopithecus, having a characteristic long tail, e.g. the vervet. [ F: orig. unkn. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford English vocab

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