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mangaby

Mangabey \Man"ga*bey\, n. [So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them be native.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey ( Cercocebus fuliginosus), which is sooty black. [Also written mangaby.]