Guenon: alternatives and connections

A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita.

A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green…

A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (/ Brachyurus) melanocephala).

A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or cap…

To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.

Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to whic…

The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or r…

An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike…

One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limos…

A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.

A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts,…

A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.

Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from…

Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a…

A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of India.

Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.

Any one of several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (C. fuliginosus), which is sooty black.

Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalidae. They have long soft fur,…