mona
(ˈməʊnə)
[a. Sp., Pg., It. mona monkey (whence the mod.L. specific name).]
A small, long-tailed African monkey, Cercopithecus mona.
| 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1824) II. 157 The fifth [of M. Buffon's species of African monkeys] is the Mona..: it is distinguished by its colour, which is variegated with black and red; and its tail is of an ash colour, with two white spots on each side at its insertion. 1874 Wood Nat. Hist. i. 47 All the long-tailed African monkeys are termed Monas by the Moors. 1897 H. O. Forbes Handbk. Primates II. 66 The Mona Guenon. Cercopithecus mona. |