Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bleeding-heart monkey

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: bleed-ing--heart -mon-key
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of gelada (Theropithecus gelada, Theropithecus pavian)

Etymology

From bleeding-heart + monkey, so named for the bright red patches of skin on the breast.

Inflected Forms

bleeding-heart monkeys (plural)

Synonyms

gelada

Questions

What does bleeding-heart monkey mean?: Synonym of gelada (Theropithecus gelada, Theropithecus pavian)
Where does bleeding-heart monkey come from?: From bleeding-heart + monkey, so named for the bright red patches of skin on the breast.

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