Definition of Guerezas

1. Noun. (plural of guereza) ¹

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Definition of Guerezas

1. guereza [n] - See also: guereza

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guerezas

guelder roses
guelderrose'
guembri
guembris
guenon
guenon monkey
guenons
gueparde
guepardes
guerdon
guerdoned
guerdoning
guerdonless
guerdons
guereza
guerezas (current term)
gueridon
gueridons
guerilla
guerilla(a)
guerilla force
guerilla traveler
guerillas
guerite
guerites
guernsey
guernsey elm
guernsey lily
guernseys
guerras civiles

Literary usage of Guerezas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book to the Primates by Henry Ogg Forbes (1897)
"All the guerezas have a specially elongated tail, which is often tufted at ... The guerezas differ from the Guenons in having very small cheek-pouches and ..."

2. Mostly Mammals, Zoological Essays by Richard Lydekker (1903)
"Be this as it may, Dr. Gregory's observations have solved the problem of the use of the remarkable coloration of the guerezas, which has so long puzzled ..."

3. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"The guerezas, Colobus (Nos. 25 to 34), are closely allied to 8 & 9>J the Langurs, ... A number of specimens of these black and black-and-white guerezas are ..."

4. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1915)
"... which includes the langurs, the guerezas, the long-nosed monkey and others. Were it not for their high vegetarian specializations these monkeys, ..."

5. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"... containing the Monkeys known as guerezas. These creatures are entirely confined to the African continent, and they are arboreal in habit. ..."

6. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of Thw by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"... not often met with in THE guerezas AND GUENONS Among the ordinary monkeys of the Old World are some with very striking hair and colours. ..."

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