guenon n 1: small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face [syn: {guenon}, {guenon monkey}]
Guenon \Guenon"\, n. [F.] (Zool.) Any of several long-tailed arboreal African monkeys, of the genera {Cercopithecus} and {Erythrocebus} (formerly classified as {Cercocebus}), such as as the green monkey ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}) and grivet ({Cercopithecus griseo-viridis}). [1913 Webster +PJC]