green monkey
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6.5
- noun
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mono verde
- In the savannahs of West Africa, you can often see green monkeys playing in the trees.
- green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus)
- green monkey (Chlorocebus)
He saw this research that had been done on green monkeys where they were able to reverse the heart disease in green monkeys.
- He saw this research that had been done on green monkeys where they were able to reverse the heart disease in green monkeys.
Examples
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He saw this research that had been done on green monkeys where they were able to reverse the heart disease in green monkeys.
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"We're just talking about the African green monkey."
Fiction book (2001) -
Don't you remember my tattoo of a green monkey on my ass?
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Hahn notes that even the green monkeys, Chlorocebus sabaeus, that make up a wild colony on St. Kitts, Virgin Islands, are not infected.
Academic text (2004) -
Felder squirms as McClintock aims the pistol at the green monkey, who grabs the bars of the cage and hisses.
Fiction book (1995) -
African green monkeys are known for their distinctive greenish-grey backs and yellow tails.
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Research has shown that green monkeys can adapt well to changes in their habitat.
Synonyms
A common West African monkey with a greenish back and a yellow tail that lives on the savannah
A monkey that lives on the African savanna with greenish-grey fur and a yellow tail
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: an animal described by the color word 'green' combined with 'monkey' denotes a monkey that is greenish. This adjective+noun pattern is a basic, cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun green monkey comes from the animal's look: people saw a monkey with a greenish-grey back and a yellow tail and called it a green monkey. So the name simply means 'a West African monkey with greenish fur'.