Meanings
nounAllen's swamp monkey (plural Allen's swamp monkeys)
plural Allen's swamp monkeys
- Allenopithecus nigroviridis, a stocky Old World monkey, endemic to the Congo Basin, with its range spanning the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, and the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Origin
Named after American zoologist Joel Asaph Allen.
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