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Cercopithecus cephus Mustache Mus*tache" (m[u^]s*t[.a]sh"; 277), n.; pl.
Mustaches. [Written also moustache.] [F. moustache, It.
mostaccio visage, mostacchio mustache, fr. Gr. my`stax upper
lip and the beard upon it; cf. ma`stax mouth: cf. Sp.
mostacho.]
1. That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair
left growing above the mouth.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A West African monkey (Cercopithecus cephus).
It has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the
nose.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of
the head, beneath the eye of a bird.
Cercopithecus cynosurus Malbrouck Mal"brouck, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.)
A West African arboreal monkey (Cercopithecus cynosurus).
Cercopithecus Diana Diana Di*a"na, n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.)
The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who
presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified
with the Greek goddess Artemis.
And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. --Pope.
Diana monkey (Zo["o]l.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey
of West Africa (Cercopithecus Diana).
Cercopithecus griseo-viridis Grivet Griv"et (gr[i^]v"[e^]t), n. [Cf. F. grivet.] (Zo["o]l.)
A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus
griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the
lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was
known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.
Cercopithecus mona Mona Mo"na, n. [CF. Sp. & Pg. mona, fem. of mono a monkey,
ape.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey
(Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot
of white on the haunches.
Cercopithecus pluto Pluto Plu"to, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.)
The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune;
the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World.
Pluto monkey (Zo["o]l.), a long-tailed African monkey
(Cercopithecus pluto), having side whiskers. The general
color is black, more or less grizzled; the frontal band is
white.
Cercopithecus pygerythrus or Lelandii Vervet Ver"vet, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, or
Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked
with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white.
Cercopithecus ruber Patas Pa*tas", n. (Zo["o]l.)
A West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ruber);
the red monkey.
