: any of various long-tailed chiefly arboreal African monkeys (especially genera Cercopithecus and Erythrocebus)
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By peeping into the DNA from the faeces of 144 guenon monkeys from the site, researchers found evidence of ongoing mating between two genetically distinct groups.
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Saqib Shah, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
Detwiler collected 230 faeces samples from the guenons, storing them in a special freezer.
—Saqib Shah, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
Saqib Shah, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
Detwiler collected 230 faeces samples from the guenons, storing them in a special freezer.
—Saqib Shah, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
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Etymology
French
First Known Use
1838, in the meaning defined above
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