ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_pə̇ˈthēkəs, -ˈpithə̇kəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a long-tailed ape, from Greek kerkopithēkos, from kerk- cerc- +0 pithēkos ape — more at bebung
: a genus (the type of the family Cercopithecidae) of slender long-tailed African monkeys comprising the guenons and related forms and having cheek pouches and ischial callosities