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Definition of Guenons
1. guenon [n] - See also: guenon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guenons
Literary usage of Guenons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Primates by Henry Ogg Forbes (1897)
"These are (I.) The Nose-spotted guenons— ... The Bearded guenons—C. barbati ;
and lastly, The Three-cusped guenons—C. ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"It was thus that the guenons were at first separated from the Macaques, only by
the facial angle, but other characteristic distinctions were discovered ..."
3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"MF Cuvier, in his ' Histoire des Mammiferes," had expressed his doubts of the
propriety of placing the Entellus Monkey among the guenons, and in his work ..."
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