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Answer for the clue "Small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face ", 6 letters:
guenon

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guenon \Guenon"\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.) Any of several long-tailed arboreal African monkeys, of the genera Cercopithecus and Erythrocebus (formerly classified as Cercocebus ), such as as the green monkey ( Cercopithecus callitrichus ) and grivet ( Cercopithecus ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An Old World monkey of the genus ''Cercopithecus''.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The guenons ( or ) are the genus Cercopithecus of Old World monkeys . Not all members of this genus have the word "guenon" in their common names; also, because of changes in scientific classification , some monkeys in other genera may have common names ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face [syn: guenon monkey ]

Usage examples of guenon.

Some again, and principally the long-tailed monkeys, or Guenons, display their teeth, and accompany their malicious grins with a sharp, abrupt, reiterated cry.