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Definition of: vervet
(vûr′vit) noun
A South African monkey (genus Cercopithecus), grayish–green speckled with black, and with reddish–white cheeks and belly. [<F <ver(t) green (<L viridis) + (gri)vet a grivet; so called because of its color]
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