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guereza
[ guh-rez-uh ]
noun
- a colobus monkey, especially of the species Colobus guereza.
guereza
/ ɡəˈ°ùÉ›³úÉ™ /
noun
- a handsome colobus monkey of the mountain forests of Ethiopia
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of guereza1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of guereza1
Example Sentences
The monkeys, also known as Guereza colobus, are native to east and central Africa.
Budapest, Hungary  Boglarka Bodnar/AP A mantled guereza unwraps his Christmas present containing fruit at the Veszprem Zoo.
Guereza, ger′e-za, n. a large, long-haired, black-and-white African monkey, with a bushy tail.
Other east African monkeys with a similar type of colouring, which, together with the wholly black west African C. satanas, collectively constitute the subgenus Guereza, may be included under the same title; and the name may be further extended to embrace all the African thumbless monkeys of the genus Colobus.
Squirrels and hares are numerous, as are several kinds of monkeys, notably the guereza, gelada, guenon and dog-faced baboon.
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