hussar monkey

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   reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa

   SynonymspatasErythrocebus patas

   BroaderOld World monkey

   Part ofErythrocebus

Questions about hussar monkey

What does hussar monkey mean?

hussar monkey means "reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa".

What is another word for hussar monkey?

Close synonyms include patas, Erythrocebus patas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hussar monkey a common word?

hussar monkey is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.