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Definition of Grivets
1. grivet [n] - See also: grivet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grivets
Literary usage of Grivets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"The grivets and Vervets are frequent visitors to our land ; and being extremely
inquisitive in character, as well as active in body, play strange pranks in ..."
2. Portuguese East Africa: The History, Scenery, & Great Game of Manica and Sofala by Reginald Charles Fulke Maugham (1906)
"The remaining monkeys belong to the small grey species of grivets, the great
anthropoid apes of the Congo and West Africa being entirely unrepresented. ..."
3. Wild Game in Zambezia by Reginald Charles Fulke Maugham (1914)
"Throughout Zambezia grivets are very common, and their skins may frequently be
seen in the possession of the natives. They do a good deal of damage, ..."
4. Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated by John George Wood (1870)
"The grivets and Vervets are frequent visitors to our land ; and being extremely
inquisitive in character, as well as active in body, play strange pranks in ..."
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