'Grivet' definitions:

Definition of 'grivet'

From: WordNet
noun
White and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face [syn: grivet, Cercopithecus aethiops]

Definition of 'Grivet'

From: GCIDE
  • Grivet \Griv"et\ (gr[i^]v"[e^]t), n. [Cf. F. grivet.] (Zool.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia ({Cercopithecus griseo-viridis}), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota. [1913 Webster]