grivet
a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.
Origin of grivet
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How to use grivet in a sentence
grivet stopped short, with his arm in the air, at the moment when he was about to play the double-six.
Therese Raquin | Emile Zolagrivet was delighted at the welcome Madame Raquin gave him, and he returned every week with perfect regularity.
Therese Raquin | Emile ZolaHe related anecdotes, enlivened the party by his merry laughter, and even won the friendship of grivet.
Therese Raquin | Emile Zola"That is not what M. grivet meant to say," answered Camille, annoyed to see his chief turned into ridicule.
Therese Raquin | Emile Zolagrivet, so as to have his say, had called the place the Temple of Peace.
Therese Raquin | Emile Zola
British Dictionary definitions for grivet
/ (ˈɡrɪvɪt) /
an E African variety of a common guenon monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, having long white tufts of hair on either side of the face: Compare green monkey, vervet
Origin of grivet
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