Meanings
noungrivet (plural grivets)
plural grivets
- An Old World monkey, Chlorocebus aethiops, with long white tufts of hair along the sides of the face.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwhite and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face
Similar
Cercopithecus aethiops
Broader
guenonguenon monkey
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchgrivet
- Englishgrivet
From French grivet.
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APA
grivet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grivet
MLA
“grivet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grivet. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grivet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grivet.
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