Pluto monkey

noun

1

: a long-tailed West African guenon monkey (Cercopithecus leucampyx) of a grizzled blackish color with a white frontal band

2

: a red guenon (Erythrocebas pyrrhonotus) often kept as a pet in ancient Egypt and a favorite of present-day organ-grinders

Word History

Etymology

after Pluto, Greek god of the subterranean world of the dead

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