PLUTO MONKEY


Meaning of PLUTO MONKEY in English

ˈplüd.(ˌ)ō- noun

Usage: usually capitalized P

Etymology: after Pluto, Greek god of the subterranean world of the dead

1. : a long-tailed West African guenon monkey ( Cercopithecus leucampyx ) of a grizzled blackish color with a white frontal band

2. : a red guenon ( Erythrocebas pyrrhonotus ) often kept as a pet in ancient Egypt and a favorite of present-day organ-grinders

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