mangabey Nat. Hist.
(ˈmæŋgəbeɪ)
[The name of a region of Madagascar, erron. given by Buffon to a species of Cercocebus inhabiting the west coast of Africa.]
A monkey of the African genus Cercocebus; esp. the Sooty Mangabey, Cercocebus fuliginosus.
| 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. IV. vii. 234 The fourth of this [the monkey] kind is the Mangabey... It is a native of Madagascar. 1879 W. L. Lindsay Mind Lower Anim. II. 83 A sooty mangabey (monkey) had acquired a good number of bad habits. |