Vervet

Vervet

Vervet, s.u. Meerkatzen C) e).


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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  • Vervet — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Callitriche (homonymie) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • vervet — ● vervet nom masculin Synonyme de grivet. ● vervet (synonymes) nom masculin Synonymes : grivet …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Vervet — Ver vet, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A South African monkey ({Cercopithecus pygerythrus} syn. {Cercopithecus Lelandii}). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vervet — (n.) African monkey, 1884, from French, of unknown origin, perhaps short for vert grivet, lit. a green grivet, indicating it was greener than the kind of monkey known as a grivet (itself a name of unknown origin) …   Etymology dictionary

  • vervet — [vʉr′vit] n. [Fr < ? vert, green + grivet,GRIVET] a small guenon monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus) found in E and S Africa …   English World dictionary

  • vervet — noun Etymology: French vervet Date: 1893 green monkey …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Vervet monkey — Vervet monkey[1] Vervet Monkey at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • Vervet Monkey — Taxobox name = Vervet MonkeyMSW3 Groves|pages=159|id=12100508] status = LC status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Primates familia = Cercopithecidae genus = Chlorocebus species = C. pygerythrus… …   Wikipedia

  • vervet monkey — or vervet Any of several African races of slim, arboreal, diurnal Old World monkeys of the guenon species Cercopithecus aethiops and C. pygerythrus (family Cercopithecidae). They have large cheek pouches. The arms and legs are long, and the… …   Universalium

  • vervet monkey — ver·vet monkey .vər vət n green monkey called also vervet …   Medical dictionary

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