Green monkey Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail
    African green monkey; Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus.

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) a West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there.

Webster 1913