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Webster 1913 Edition

(grĭv′ĕt)

Noun.

[Cf. F.

grivet

(Zool.)

A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (

Cercopithecus griseo-viridis

), 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

A grivet.

grivet ‎(plural grivets)

An Old World monkey, Chlorocebus aethiops, with long white tufts of hair along the sides of the face.