A large African monkey with long hair and a distinctive white mantle, also known as the colobus monkey.
From Arabic 'garaza' or Amharic 'guereza', names for this Ethiopian and East African primate. The word entered English through naturalists and explorers documenting African wildlife.
The guereza's dramatic black-and-white appearance made it one of the first African monkeys Europeans knew by name, yet the word comes directly from the languages of the regions where it lives.
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