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Reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa
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patas
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''' Pataš ''' (, ) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia . The municipality also comprises Milinovice and Pásztómajor settlements. Between 1948 and 1991, the Slovakian name of the village ...
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n. reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa [syn: hussar monkey , Erythrocebus patas ]
Wiktionary
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n. (taxlink Erythrocebus patas species noshow=1), a ground-dwelling long-tailed monkey found in West and East Africa
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Patas \Pa*tas"\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A West African long-tailed monkey ( Cercopithecus ruber ); the red monkey.
Usage examples of patas.
Benito Patas, one of her bodyguards, always came to her bed when her father was out of town.
But to his astonish- H ment, the chief witness for the State turned out to be none other than Benito Patas, the bodyguard.
Benito Patas had been with the Carmine family so long and had been so trusted that he had been allowed to be in the room at meetings where confidential matters of business were discussed, and since that business consisted of every illegal activity on the police statutes, Patas was privy to a great deal of information.
When the police had apprehended Patas minutes after he had cold-bloodedly murdered and mutilated the new boyfriend of his mistress, they had threatened him with life imprisonment, and Patas had reluctantly agreed to help the police build their case against Carmine in exchange for a lighter sentence.
Chapter 19 She was naked in her bed, and she could feel the male hardness of Benito Patas pressing into her groin.
But to his astonishment, the chief witness for the state turned out to be none other than Benito Patas, the bodyguard.
Patas had been with the Carmine family so long and had been so trusted that he had been allowed to be in the room at meetings where confidential matters of business were discussed, and since that business consisted of every illegal activity on the police statutes, Patas had been privy to a great deal of information.
When the police apprehended Patas minutes after he had cold-bloodedly murdered and mutilated the new boyfriend of his mistress, they had threatened him with life imprisonment, and Patas had reluctantly agreed to help the police build their case against Carmine in exchange for a lighter sentence.
The decorative painting of the masts and cabins and rails spoke of time spent in Varhees among the Ko Patas, renowned for their woodworking prowess, but Sabirene ships traditionally eschewed paint, preferring the beauty of natural wood grains brought out by hand rubbing.