Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sykes' monkey

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: sykes' -mon-key
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Cercopithecus mitis albogularis, a subspecies of the blue monkey.

Etymology

Named after English naturalist Colonel William Henry Sykes (1790-1872).

Inflected Forms

Sykes' monkeys (plural)

Questions

What does sykes' monkey mean?: Cercopithecus mitis albogularis, a subspecies of the blue monkey.
Where does sykes' monkey come from?: Named after English naturalist Colonel William Henry Sykes (1790-1872).

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