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vervet

/ˈvɝvɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
vervet
IPA
/ˈvɝvɪt/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small African monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat.

noun

Any Old World monkey of the genus Chlorocebus.

Etymology

From French vervet (1821, F. Cuvier), further origin is obscure.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈvɝvɪt/
  • British English: /ˈvɜːvɪt/

Inflected Forms

vervets (plural)

Synonyms

green monkey grivet vervet monkey cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus

Questions

How do you pronounce vervet?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɝvɪt/.
What does vervet mean?
A small African monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat.
Where does vervet come from?
It is traced to French.

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