Definition of African green monkey

1. Noun. Common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail.


Lexicographical Neighbors of African Green Monkey

African chameleon
African cherry orange
African clawed frog
African clawed frogs
African coral snake
African country
African crake
African crakes
African crocodile
African daisy
African elephant
African elephants
African endomyocardial fibrosis
African furuncular myiasis
African gray
African green monkey (current term)
African haemorrhagic fever
African hemp
African holly
African hunting dog
African lily
African mahogany
African marigold
African millet
African mole cricket
African mole crickets
African monitor
African nation
African oil palm

Literary usage of African green monkey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Carcinogenic Potency Database, Endocrine Disruptors edited by Lois Swirsky Gold (2000)
"Because of a viral outbreak, African Green monkey studies were discontinued. We have excluded African Green studies from the CPDB. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The species that are breeding successfully and in which study is continuing are Cercopithecus aethiops (African green monkey), Cercopithecus (Miopithecus) ..."

3. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"The chemical composition of the plaques was quite similar to that of man (Wagner and Clarkson, l975). A key advantage of the African green monkey as a model ..."

4. Our West Indian Neighbors: The Islands of the Caribbean Sea. "Americas̕ by Frederick Albion Ober (1912)
"Then it was ascertained that the St. Kitts species was the African green monkey, known to scientists at the Cercopithecus ..."

5. Adventure Guide to Anguilla Antigua St. Barts St. Kitts St. Martin Including by Paris Permenter, John Bigley (2000)
"Animals The best-known resident of St. Kitts and Nevis is the African green monkey (or vervet monkey). The French brought the monkeys here from Africa as ..."

6. On retro-peritoneal hernia. Being the 'Arris and Gale' lectures on 'The by Berkeley Moynihan Moynihan (1906)
"... the African green monkey, the arrangement is as follows : The anterior and posterior vascular folds are reduced to a minimum, being mere ridges of ..."

7. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"Madin Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK; ATCC) and Vero (African green monkey kidney cells; ATCC) are the two cell lines most commonly used for in vitro propagation ..."

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