grivet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun white and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face
    Cercopithecus aethiops.

WordNet

Griv"et noun
Etymology
Cf. F. grivet.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseoviridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.

Webster 1913