noun
- plural of grivet; small African monkeys with greenish-gray fur and white facial markings
Usage: zoological
Examples
- The grivets swung through the acacia trees in the Ethiopian highlands.
- Researchers studied the social behavior of grivets in their natural habitat.
- The zoo’s primate exhibit featured several grivets from East Africa.
- Grivets are known for their distinctive white cheek patches.
- The wildlife sanctuary rescued orphaned grivets and prepared them for release.
- Local farmers complained that grivets were raiding their crops.