mangabey

noun

man·​ga·​bey ˈmaŋ-gə-(ˌ)bē How to pronounce mangabey (audio)
plural mangabeys
: any of several genera (Cercocebus, Lophocebus, and Rungwecebus) of slender long-tailed African monkeys

Examples of mangabey in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The local community runs informative hikes around the wetlands, which contain eight primate species, including grey-cheeked mangabey and red colobus, endemic only to this region, along with 200 bird species, such as the great blue turaco. Kate Lewis, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024 Spend your days learning about wild orchids, spotting silver monkeys and gray-cheeked mangabey, and marveling at some of the 345 bird species inside the park—30 of which are Albertine Rift endemics. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2023 Chimpanzees are more like humans than mangabeys and have a shallow ball-and-socket shoulder that allows for a greater range of movement. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Sep. 2023 The angles at which the mangabeys positioned their shoulders and elbows were only about four degrees or less when ascending a tree versus downclimbing. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Sep. 2023 One newborn mangabey, for example, the only baby in its group at the time, earned about 10 minutes of fur cleaning and combing for its mom. Jennifer Welsh, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2010 Only twice, though, has anyone found active virus in wild animals: a rope squirrel from the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1980s, and a sooty mangabey, found in Côte d’Ivoire about a decade ago. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 June 2022 The birth of this little adventurer brings the London Zoo’s white-naped mangabey troop to a total of eight. Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Aug. 2019 Over the past few weeks, Buzz the mangabey has stayed close to mom, leaving her to learn how to forage and nurse at the same time. Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Aug. 2019

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Word History

Etymology

French, from Mangabe, town in eastern Madagascar

First Known Use

1774, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mangabey was in 1774

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“Mangabey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mangabey. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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