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guenon

guenon

English

A guenon

Noun

guenon ‎(plural guenons)

An Old World monkey of the genus Cercopithecus.

Translations

monkey of the genus Cercopithecus

Bulgarian: гвенон m ‎(gvenon), морска котка f ‎(morska kotka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 長尾猴 (zh), 长尾猴 (zh) ‎(chángwěihóu)
Czech: kočkodan m
Dutch: meerkat (nl)
Finnish: marakatti (fi)
French: guenon (fr) f
German: Meerkatze (de) f

Italian: cercopiteco (it) m
Japanese: オナガザル ‎(onagazaru), 尾長猿 ‎(おながざる, onagazaru)
Polish: koczkodan (pl) m
Portuguese: cercopiteco m
Russian: марты́шка (ru) f ‎(martýška)
Spanish: cercopiteco m, mono del viejo mundo
Swedish: markatta

See also

guenon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cercopithecus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

French

Etymology

guen(ipe) +‎ -on

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡənɔ ̃/

Noun

guenon f ‎(plural guenons)

(obsolete) guenon
(female) monkey
hag, old bag (ugly woman)